spirochetal etiology of Lyme disease

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 308; no. 13; pp. 733 - 740
• Main Authors: Steere, A.C, Grodzicki, R.L, Kornblatt, A.N, Craft, J.E, Barbour, A.G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 31.03.1983
• Subjects: analysis; Antibodies, Bacterial; Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis; Arachnid Vectors; Arachnid Vectors - microbiology; Arachnids; Arthritis; Arthritis, Infectious; Arthritis, Infectious - etiology; Arthritis, Infectious - immunology; Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology; Biopsy; Blood; Blood - microbiology; Caustic soda; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology; Connecticut; Convalescence; Erythema; Erythema - etiology; Erythema - microbiology; Etiology; Humans; Illnesses; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Immunology; Infectious diseases; Infectious mononucleosis; Internal medicine; isolation & purification; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodidae; Joint diseases; Laboratories; Lyme disease; Medicine; microbiology; Microscopy; Mononucleosis; Nervous system; Penicillin; Plasma; Skin; Skin - microbiology; Skin diseases; Sodium; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetales - immunology; Spirochaetales - isolation & purification; Spirochaetales Infections; Spirochaetales Infections - microbiology; Spirochaetales Infections - transmission; Spirochetes; Tick Infestations; Tick Infestations - microbiology; Ticks; Ticks - microbiology; transmission; Urine; Vectors, Acarina; Connecticut; USA, Connecticut

newly recognized spirochete responsible for Lyme disease isolated from Ixodes dammini ticks obtained by flagging in 2 locations in Connecticut known to be endemic, isolates appeared to have same morphological and immunological features as those from humans with Lyme disease