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Recent discoveries and advancements in research on the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. F1000Res 2019;8

Date

06/20/2019

Pubmed ID

31214329

Pubmed Central ID

PMC6545822

DOI

10.12688/f1000research.18379.1

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85067361276 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   5 Citations

Abstract

This review highlights some of the highest-profile developments and advancements in the research on Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete, that have emerged in the last two years. Particular emphasis is placed on the controversy surrounding genus nomenclature, antigenic variation at the vlsE locus, genes involved in infectivity and virulence, membrane characteristics of B. burgdorferi, and developments in experimental approaches.

Author List

Winslow C, Coburn J

Author

Jenifer Coburn PhD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Antigens, Bacterial
Biomedical Research
Borrelia burgdorferi
Cell Membrane
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Lyme Disease
Virulence