Borrelia burgdorferi is a member of the spirochete phylum of bacteria, which represents an ancient evolutionary branch only distantly related to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a novel mechanism by which Borrelia bacteria distributed by ticks avoid the human immune defence system. A study conducted at the University ...

Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with researchers at the Mayo Clinic, have identified a new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Borrelia mayonii ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The 5,300-year-old ice mummy dubbed Ötzi, discovered in the Eastern Alps about 20 years ago, ...

People react very differently to an infection with the Borrelia bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Researchers have investigated this varying response, concluding that age, genetic disposition and ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, with an estimated 476,000 people infected each ...

Now that spring seems to be arriving (more slowly in some places than in others) in the Northern Hemisphere, more people are venturing out into nature. But when we wander around in wooded areas or ...

A team of experts believe they’ve confirmed the first U.S. case of tickborne illness caused by a particular bacteria. The case involved a 75-year-old Alabama man who likely caught the germ from a lone ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria that can cause Lyme disease. This one, named Borrelia mayonii, is closely related to the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria already known to cause Lyme ...