Scientists found Species of Bacteria that Causes Lyme Disease in Humans

A new culprit abaft Lyme ache has been discovered, and it can could could could cause even nastier affection than its
predecessor.

Until now, scientists anticipation that the tick-borne affliction was acquired by alone one breed of bacteria, alleged Borrelia burgdorferi. But scientists from the U.S. Centers for Ache Control and Prevention and the Mayo Dispensary accept apparent a second, accompanying breed of bacteria, Borrelia mayonii, that can affect humans apathetic by the black-legged deer tick.

They report, arise in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, says the new bacilli causes agnate affection in the aboriginal date of infection, such as fever, headache, rash, and close pain. Arthritis can set in weeks later.

But clashing B. burgdorferi, B. mayonii can administer abhorrence and vomiting, as well. It aswell may could could could cause a broadcast rash, altered from the admonition "bull's-eye" adventurous doctors peg to the aboriginal Lyme infection.

"One patient's ancestor said his son looked like a Dalmatian because of the spots all over him," said abstraction columnist Dr. Bobbi Pritt, a medical administrator in the analysis of analytic microbiology at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Pritt told CBC Account that two of the patients in their abstraction accomplished acoustic symptoms, as well. "One accommodating had abstruse blackout [sleepiness]. They were so benumbed out they couldn't be woken up. The added accommodating had eyes disturbances, bifold vision," she said.

The new bacilli breed aswell leaves a college absorption of bacilli in the blood, the advisers said.

Mayo scientists said they began apprehensive the achievability of a new bacilli afterwards lab tests from six patients with Lyme disease-like affection produced abnormal results. Further abiogenetic testing, in accord with CDC scientists, arise that the new bacilli is carefully accompanying to the aboriginal one.

Each year, about 300,000 humans in the U.S. are diagnosed with Lyme disease, according to the CDC. A lot of cases are concentrated in the Northeast and top Midwest.

The new Lyme-linked breed so far alone appears to be a accident to tick-bite sufferers in the top Midwest, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, the scientists report.

Dr. Jeannine Petersen, a microbiologist with the Centers for Ache Control and Prevention, and a abstraction co-author, told CBS News, "At this time there is no affirmation that B. mayonii is present alfresco of the Top Midwest. However, humans who reside in areas area black-legged ticks are accepted should abide to yield precautions."

Petersen added, "While we've apparent a new bacilli that causes Lyme ache in the United States, the acceptable account is that accepted tests and analysis for Lyme ache aswell arise to be able for this new bacteria."

Doctors can analysis for Lyme ache application a appropriate claret test, said Pritt. The archetypal analysis is a advance of antibiotics. She said a lot of affection can be adequate with aboriginal treatment, admitting one accommodating in their abstraction continues to attack with advancing collective pain.

The CDC has accomplished a activity to ascertain and characterize breed of bacilli in specimens from patients doubtable of tick-borne illnesses, Petersen said. Over the next several years, scientists aim to analysis as abounding as 30,000 accommodating samples to accretion added information.

"We plan to abide accommodating with Mayo dispensary and accompaniment bloom departments in the Top Midwest to acquisition added patients adulterated with this bacteria, to attending for added areas area adulterated ticks live, and to analyze added bacilli that can could could could cause tick-borne disease," Petersen said.

Pritt said of the new Lyme infection, "As far as we know, it's emerging, but we can't say for abiding it wasn't actuality before."

She hopes their abstraction will animate doctors and patients to be added acquainted of Lyme ache affection that aren't typical.

The CDC recommends hikers abate their accident of tick-borne infections by alienated coarse and brushy areas with top grass, walking in the center most of trails, application insect repellents with DEET or permethrin, and cutting careful clothing.