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. 1982 Jun 18;216(4552):1317-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.7043737.

Lyme disease-a tick-borne spirochetosis?

W Burgdorfer, A G Barbour, S F Hayes, J L Benach, E Grunwaldt, J P Davis

Lyme disease-a tick-borne spirochetosis?

W Burgdorfer et al. Science. .

Abstract

A treponema-like spirochete was detected in and isolated from adult Ixodes dammini, the incriminated tick vector of Lyme disease. Causally related to the spirochetes may be long-lasting cutaneous lesions that appeared on New Zealand White rabbits 10 to 12 weeks after infected ticks fed on them. Samples of serum from patients with Lyme disease were shown by indirect immunofluorescence to contain antibodies to this agent. It is suggested that the newly discovered spirochete is involved in the etiology of Lyme disease.

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