Nicole Baumgarth

Mostly getting along –Borrelia burgdorferi and its manipulation of the host immune system

Abstract Lyme disease is caused when mammalian hosts not part of the sylvatic life cycle, including humans, are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) following the bite of an Ixodes tick. Ticks and natural mammalian host reservoirs, including rodents, however, are largely disease tolerant, despite Bb establishing per...