Posts Tagged ‘2009’

Biofilms and Chronic Health Conditions: Challenged for Patients, Doctors and Researchers

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2009. Wilmore Webley, PhD discusses the role of biofilms in the persistence of organisms such as Chlamydia pneumonia and Borrelia in chronic infection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zYTzTlTlk 

The Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Antigen Binds Host Fibronectin

Infection and Immunity, 2009. The ability of Borrelia burgdorferi to bind to the protein fibronectin in the host may contribute both to the disease’s development and continuing infection in animals and humans. Includes charts.

See the full text at http://iai.asm.org/content/77/7/2802.full.pdf+html

Comparative Cryo-Electron Tomography of Pathogenic Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Molecular Microbiology, 2009. A new fast-freeze tomography imaging technique uncovers differences between different species of Borrelia and similarities with syphilis bacteria. Includes charts, images, tables.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06613.x/full

Use of Tick Surveys and Serosurveys to Evaluate Pet Dogs as a Sentinel Species for Emerging Lyme Disease

Journal of the American Veterinarian Association, 2009.  Study finds that testing ticks taken from dogs is a better method than blood testing dogs to discover if an area is endemic for tick-borne disease. Includes maps, chart.

Click on the “Download PDF” button for the full text at:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24001390_Use_of_tick_surveys_and_serosurveys_to_evaluate_pet_dogs_as_a_sentinel_species_for_emerging_Lyme_disease

Clofazimine Inhibits Human Kv1.3 Potassium Channel by Perturbing Calcium Oscillation in T Lymphocytes

PLoS ONE, 2009. A study noting that the leprosy antibiotic clofazimine is effective against the autoimmune process.  Includes charts, images.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2602975

Tick Saliva Affects Both Proliferation and Distribution of Borrelia Burgdorferi Spirochetes in Mouse Organs and Increases Transmission of Spirochetes to Ticks

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2009 (abstract only).  Mouse study showing that tick saliva makes the mice more susceptible to Lyme infection.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147403

Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Revealing Lyme Borreliosis

Joint Bone Spine, 2009 (abstract only).  A case study of four patients in France who tested positive for Lyme disease, whose shoulder pain was consistent with Parsonage-Turner Syndrome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147387

Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella melophagi from Human Blood

Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC, 2009.  Case studies of two patients with a newly-discovered Bartonella species, B. melophagi, with a list of various Bartonella infections and a description of symptoms.  Includes image, table.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/1/08-1080_article