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• Borrelia burgdorferi Outer Membrane Vesicles Contain Antigenic Proteins, but Do Not Induce Cell Death in Human Cells 

  Karvonen, Kati; Tammisto, Hanna; Nykky, Jonna; Gilbert, Leona (MDPI AG, 2022)

  Like many bacterial species, Borrelia burgdorferi, the pleomorphic bacterium that causes Lyme borreliosis, produces outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Borrelial OMVs (BbOMVs) have been identified as containing virulence ...

• Effect of Land-Use Change on the Changes in Human Lyme Risk in the United States 

  Ma, Yuying; He, Ge; Yang, Ruonan; Wang, Yingying X. G.; Huang, Zheng Y. X.; Dong, Yuting (MDPI AG, 2022)

  The spatial extent and incidence of Lyme disease is increasing in the United States, particularly in the Upper Midwest and Northeast. Many previous studies have explored the drivers of its spatial pattern, however, few ...

• Comparing the Climatic and Landscape Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Cases in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States 

  Dong, Yuting; Huang, Zheng; Zhang, Yong; Wang, X.G. Yingying; La, Yang (MDPI, 2020)

  Lyme disease, recognized as one of the most important vector-borne diseases worldwide, has been increasing in incidence and spatial extend in United States. In the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Lyme disease is transmitted ...

• Unraveling the pleomorphic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi 

  Herranen, Anni (2014)

  Borrelia burgdorferi bakteeri on puutiaisten välittämän borrelioosin taudinaiheuttaja. Tämä tavanomaisesti spirokeettana esiintyvä bakteeri kykenee vaihtamaan muotoaan ympäristöolosuhteiden muuttuessa epäsuotuisiksi. ...

• Distinctive Evasion Mechanisms to Allow Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Different Human Cell Lines 

  Karvonen, Kati; Nykky, Jonna; Marjomäki, Varpu; Gilbert, Leona (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021)

  Lyme borreliosis is a multisystemic disease caused by the pleomorphic bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The exact mechanisms for the infection to progress into a prolonged sequelae of the disease are ...