ENDOTOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LYME-DISEASE BORRELIA - RECENT FINDINGS
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 9 (2) , 249-252
Abstract
The endotoxicity of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease, a tick-borne spirochetosis, was studied using Limulus assay and pyrogen test in rabbit. Some suspensions of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes dammini associated Borrelia were able to gelify Limulus lysate and demonstrated a febrile response in rabbit. These findings and other recent data demonstrating an endotoxin-like activity of the Lyme Disease agent are discussed in the context of the pathogenic mechanisms of the illness.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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