Fikrig Erol, Narasimhan Sukanya
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Room 525A, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8031, USA.
Microbes Infect. 2006 Apr;8(5):1390-9. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.022. Epub 2006 Mar 24.
We outline in this review how Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, moves from the tick to the vertebrate host, and what molecules are potentially involved in this challenging commute. The survival strategies utilized by the spirochete during transmission and the initial stages of infection are discussed.
在本综述中,我们概述了莱姆病病原体伯氏疏螺旋体如何从蜱虫传播至脊椎动物宿主,以及在这一具有挑战性的传播过程中可能涉及哪些分子。我们还讨论了螺旋体在传播和感染初期所采用的生存策略。