Posts Tagged ‘Davis’

Identification of a Novel Pathogenic Borrelia Species Causing Lyme Borreliosis

The Lancet Infectious Disease, 2016. The Mayo Clinic, in partnership with the Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota health departments and the CDC, identifies a new disease-causing Borrelia, to be named Borrelia mayonii. Includes charts, images, map, tables.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975683/

Lyme Disease — a Tick-Borne Spirochetosis?

Science (abstract only). The announcement of the discovery of the syphilis-like bacterium that causes Lyme disease, later to be named Borrelia burgdorferi. Includes images.

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/216/4552/1317

Lyme Disease Incidence in Wisconsin: A Comparison of State-reported Rates and Rates from a Population-based Cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002. A report comparing reported cases versus actual cases in Wisconsin, also reports on similar studies in other states. Includes maps, tables.

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/155/12/1120