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NEW LYME STUDY RESULTS: LYME DISEASE BACTERIA TAKE COVER IN LYMPH NODES

The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, one of the most important emerging diseases in the United States, appear to hide out in the lymph nodes, triggering a significant immune response, but one that is not strong enough to rout the infection, report researchers at the University of California, Davis.

Results from this groundbreaking study involving mice may explain why some people experience repeated infections of Lyme disease. The study appears online in the journal Public Library of Science Pathogens at: http://tinyurl.com/3vs8pm9.

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According to Dr. Karen Newell Rogers director of the Texas A&M Health Science Center-Scott & White Center for Cell Death and Differentiation (CCDD) and Time for Lyme researcher. “This is an important study that suggests Borrelia burgdorferi can be found in lymph nodes after a tick bite. Despite B lymphocyte activation (increase in B lymphocyte population), the data in the publication by Dr. Nicole Baumgarth and her team provide significant evidence that this key response to infection is ineffective. These data are likewise consistent with our model of B lymphocytes, we have been studying over the last few years, as critical components of chronic inflammation in many disease states, including Lyme."

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