2005: Bacteriocidal activity of lizard and mouse serum for Borrelia lonestari

CaliforniaLyme · medicine forum Guru Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 2066

1: Mo Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;102(5):442-6. Related Articles, Links

Bacteriocidal activity of lizard and mouse serum for Borrelia
lonestari, putative agent of a Lyme-like illness (AKA STARI or Masters
disease) in Missouri.

Grigery CN, Moyer P, Little SE, Masters EJ.

Sikeston High School, USA.

OBJECTIVE: To determine responses of Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia
burgdorferi to Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) and
Swiss-Webster mouse (Mus musculus) sera. RESULTS: Lizard sera lysed
both Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia burgdorferi. Mouse sera lysed only
Borrelia lonestari. CONCLUSIONS: Borrelia lonestari and Borrelia
burgdorferi spirochetes did not survive exposure to lizard sera. Mice
are reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi but may not be a Borrelia
lonestari reservoir because spirochetes did not survive exposure to
mouse sera.

PMID: 16259394 [PubMed - in process]

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