New Insights Into CRASP-Mediated Complement Evasion in the Lyme Disease Enzootic Cycle

Lyme disease (LD), which is caused by genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. Spirochetes are transmitted by Ixodes ticks and maintained in diverse vertebrate animal hosts. Following tick bite, spirochetes initia...

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Main Authors: Yi-Pin Lin, Amber M. Frye, Tristan A. Nowak, Peter Kraiczy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00001/full