Ashley KruzelRachel Pearce

5/12/09Core 3

Who Discovered It?

Willy Burgdofer

discovered the

Borrelia bacteria in 1982.

What Disease Does It Cause?

Burgdorferi bacteria causes

Lyme disease. Lyme disease Is found in a tick bite.

What Is The Cure?

There is no cure for Lyme disease

however, you can get a vaccine

for it.

Case History.46 years old women 5 years after successful treatment of borrelial meningitis. Re-appearance of

symptoms of Lyme borreliosis following localized skin lesion, after a long asymptomatic period, as well as accompanying increase in specific antibodies, point

to reinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Different localization of systemic symptoms during two episodes of Lyme disease suggests infection with distinct genospecies of B. burgdorferi s.l. This case confirms risk of recurrent infections with different B. burgdorferi s.l.

genospecies in inhabitants of highly endemic areas in the north-east of Poland, which may pose necessity of repeated antibiotic treatment.

Sources.

"Keynote Address - The Complexity of Vector-borne Spirochetes (Borrelia spp)". 12th International Conference on Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal and Tick-Borne Disorders, April 9, 1999. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/shows/bacteria/willy.html. Retrieved on 2006-

05-03.