Posts Tagged ‘Treponema’

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

Persisting Atypical and Cystic Forms of Borrelia Burgdorferi and Local Inflammation in Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Journal of Neuroinflammation.  Cyst, rolled, and granular forms of Borrelia burgdorferi were induced in cultures, rat and human nerve tissue, and found in the brain tissue of humans infected with Lyme disease.  Includes images.

http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/5/1/40

Genetic Relationship of Lyme Disease Spirochetes to Borrelia, Treponema, and Leptospira Species

Journal of Microbiology.  An early genetic study identifies the spirochete which causes Lyme disease to be a species of Borrelia, as well as having similarities to the syphilis bacteria.  Includes images, tables.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=271274

Novel Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Potential for CAM Intervention

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  Explanation of the cause of transmission and persistent infection. Mainstream and CAM solutions listed in Table 1, and extensive references to point to CAM treatments.  Includes, tables, illustrations, charts.

http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/nem138v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&title=lyme&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT