Age-Related Differential Stimulation of Immune Response by Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi During Acute Phase of Infection Affects Disease Severity

Age-Related Differential Stimulation of Immune Response by Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi During Acute Phase of Infection Affects Disease Severity

Lyme disease is the most prominent tick-borne disease with 300,000 cases estimated by CDC every year while ~2,000 cases of babesiosis occur per year in the United States. Simultaneous infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi are now the most common tick-transmitted coinfections in the...

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Main Authors: Vitomir Djokic, Shekerah Primus, Lavoisier Akoolo, Monideep Chakraborti, Nikhat Parveen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Babesia microti
age-related immunity
babesiosis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
immunity to tick-borne coinfections
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02891/full

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