Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece
Suggestions that Lyme disease exists in Greece remain controversial and no study to date has definitively identified the presence of a Borrelia species that infects humans. We examined patients throughout Greece suspected for Lyme disease by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by western b...
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| author | I. Karageorgou M. Koutantou I. Papadogiannaki A. Voulgari-Kokota S. Makka E. Angelakis |
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| description | Suggestions that Lyme disease exists in Greece remain controversial and no study to date has definitively identified the presence of a Borrelia species that infects humans. We examined patients throughout Greece suspected for Lyme disease by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by western blotting for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species. We found one patient positive for Borrelia burgdorferi and two patients positive for Borrelia afzelii specific IgG antibodies. Both B. afzelii patients were suffering by neurological manifestations and had never traveled abroad. We provide serological evidence of two autochthonous Lyme disease cases in Greece, possibly caused by B. afzelii. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cd77b9cad864a169dae1c75a44e91052022-12-22T02:28:03ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752022-03-0146100978Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in GreeceI. Karageorgou0M. Koutantou1I. Papadogiannaki2A. Voulgari-Kokota3S. Makka4E. Angelakis5Diagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceDiagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceDiagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceDiagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceDiagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceCorresponding author: E. Angelakis; Diagnostic Department and Public Health Laboratories, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, GreeceSuggestions that Lyme disease exists in Greece remain controversial and no study to date has definitively identified the presence of a Borrelia species that infects humans. We examined patients throughout Greece suspected for Lyme disease by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by western blotting for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species. We found one patient positive for Borrelia burgdorferi and two patients positive for Borrelia afzelii specific IgG antibodies. Both B. afzelii patients were suffering by neurological manifestations and had never traveled abroad. We provide serological evidence of two autochthonous Lyme disease cases in Greece, possibly caused by B. afzelii.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297522000300Borrelia afzeliiGreeceLyme borrelialyme disease |
| spellingShingle | I. Karageorgou M. Koutantou I. Papadogiannaki A. Voulgari-Kokota S. Makka E. Angelakis Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece New Microbes and New Infections Borrelia afzelii Greece Lyme borrelia lyme disease |
| title | Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece |
| title_full | Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece |
| title_short | Serological evidence of possible Borrelia afzelii lyme disease in Greece |
| title_sort | serological evidence of possible borrelia afzelii lyme disease in greece |
| topic | Borrelia afzelii Greece Lyme borrelia lyme disease |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297522000300 |
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