Borrelia Burgdorferi Pathogenesis and the Immune Response

Authors

Mary Petzke, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Ira Schwartz, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. Electronic address: schwartz@nymc.edu.

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1016/j.cll.2015.07.004

Journal Title

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

First Page

745

Last Page

64

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2015

Abstract

Borrelia burgdorferi is the tick-borne etiologic agent of Lyme disease. The spirochete must negotiate numerous barriers in order to establish a disseminated infection in a mammalian host. These barriers include migration from the feeding tick midgut to the salivary glands, deposition in skin, manipulation or evasion of the localized host immune response, adhesion to and extravasation through an endothelial barrier, hematogenous dissemination, and establishment of infection in distal tissue sites. Borrelia burgdorferi proteins that mediate many of these processes and the nature of the host response to infection are described.

Recommended Citation

Petzke, M., & Schwartz, I. (2015). Borrelia Burgdorferi Pathogenesis and the Immune Response. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 35 (4), 745-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2015.07.004