Benach J L, Bosler E M, Hanrahan J P, Coleman J L, Habicht G S, Bast T F, Cameron D J, Ziegler J L, Barbour A G, Burgdorfer W, Edelman R, Kaslow R A
N Engl J Med. 1983 Mar 31;308(13):740-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198303313081302.
We isolated spirochetes from the blood of 2 of 36 patients in Long Island and Westchester County, New York, who had signs and symptoms suggestive of Lyme disease. The spirochetes were morphologically similar and serologically identical to organisms recently found to infect lxodes dammini ticks, which are endemic to the area and have been epidemiologically implicated as vectors of Lyme disease. In both patients, there was a rise in specific antispirochetal antibodies in paired specimens of serum. We conclude that the l. dammini spirochete has an etiologic role in Lyme disease.
我们从纽约长岛和韦斯特切斯特县36名有莱姆病体征和症状的患者中的2人血液中分离出了螺旋体。这些螺旋体在形态上与最近发现感染达米尼硬蜱的微生物相似，血清学上也相同，达米尼硬蜱是该地区的地方种，在流行病学上被认为是莱姆病的传播媒介。在这两名患者中，配对血清标本中的特异性抗螺旋体抗体均有升高。我们得出结论，达米尼螺旋体在莱姆病中具有病因学作用。
