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INOKUMA, Hisashi; MAETANI, Shigeki; FUJITSUKA, Jyunji; TAKANO, Ai; SATO, Kozue; FUKUI, Takashi; MASUZAWA, Toshiyuki; KAWABATA, Hiroki; 猪熊, 壽. |
Two dogs that exhibited sudden astasia, anorexia and fever higher than 40°C were suspected of having Lyme disease in July 2011. Clinical symptoms gradually improved with antibiotic treatment in both cases. Polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis revealed Borrelia garinii DNA fragments in the peripheral blood in the acute disease phase. Serological tests, including enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot analysis, showed an increased IgG antibody titer against Borrelia pathogens in one of the dogs. These findings suggested that diagnosis of the two dogs was Lyme disease related to B. garinii infection. |
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Palavras-chave: Borrelia garinii; Canine; Japan; Lyme disease. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4099 |
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Rodríguez,Islay; Fernández,Carmen; Sánchez,Lizet; Martínez,Bárbara; Siegrist,Hans H.; Lienhard,Reto. |
Lyme disease has not been officially reported in Cuba. However, clinical cases have been serologically reported. Seroprevalence survey of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto antibodies in humans in the country has not been conducted. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of borrelial antibodies in inhabitants of a village with historically high level of tick infestation. METHODS: Serum specimens from 247 persons randomly selected from the population of the village were examined by IgG Western blot using B31 strain for estimating the prevalence of antibodies profile. RESULTS: A seroprevalence value interval (95% CI) of 0.6%-7.2% was estimated for the studied population. The prevalent borrelial protein bands on immunoblots were 41, 72, 90/93, 34, 47, 60, 58,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Borrelia burgdorferi; Prevalence; Lyme disease; Antibodies. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000100015 |
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Mantovani,E.; Costa,I.P.; Gauditano,G; Bonoldi,V.L.N.; Higuchi,M.L.; Yoshinari,N.H.. |
An emerging clinical entity that reproduces clinical manifestations similar to those observed in Lyme disease (LD) has been recently under discussion in Brazil. Due to etiological and laboratory particularities it is named LD-like syndrome or LD imitator syndrome. The condition is considered to be a zoonosis transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, possibly caused by interaction of multiple fastidious microorganisms originating a protean clinical picture, including neurological, osteoarticular and erythema migrans-like lesions. When peripheral blood of patients with LD-like syndrome is viewed under a dark-field microscope, mobile uncultivable spirochete-like bacteria are observed. PCR carried out with specific or conservative primers to recognize... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lyme disease-like syndrome; Tick-borne disease; Mycoplasma; Chlamydia; Spirochete; Lyme disease. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000400002 |
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Jovanovic,Dragutin; Atanasievska,Sonja; Protic-Djokic,Vesna; Rakic,Uros; Lukac-Radoncic,Elvira; Ristanovic,Elizabeta. |
Lyme disease (LD) is a natural focal zoonotic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, which is mainly transmitted through infected Ixodes ricinus tick bites. The presence and abundance of ticks in various habitats, the infectivity rate, as well as prolonged human exposure to ticks are factors that may affect the infection risk as well as the incidence of LD. In recent years, 20% to 25% of ticks infected with different borrelial species, as well as about 5,300 citizens with LD, have been registered in the Belgrade area. Many of the patients reported tick bites in city’s grassy areas. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of B. burgdorferi in high-risk groups (forestry workers and soldiers) in the Belgrade area, and to compare the results... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Seroprevalence; Forestry workers; Soldiers. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822015000300807 |
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Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Benitez,Aline; Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Alves,Lucimara Aparecida; Freire,Roberta Lemos; Navarro,Italmar Teodorico; Santana,Maria Aparecida Zanella; Santos,Luís Roberto Alves dos; Carreira,Teresa; Vieira,Maria Luísa; Freitas,Julio Cesar de. |
The aim of this study was to conduct a serological survey for Lyme diseases, brucellosis, leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis and identify the risk variables related to these zoonoses in humans living in the rural area of Jataizinho, state of Parana, Brazil. A total of 63 rural properties were surveyed. Additionally, 207 serum samples collected from these rural area inhabitants were tested for indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) and western blots (WB) were performed to detect Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato); a tamponated acidified antigen test (AAT) and 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) were used to detect antibodies of Brucella abortus; the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was carried out to detect antibodies anti-Leptospira spp. and IFI was used to find... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lyme disease; Leptospirosis; Brucellosis; Toxoplasmosis; Human; Antibody. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000100018 |
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