Borrelia

The Hepatozoon canis is a protozoan that inhabits the peripheral blood of domestic dogs. The natural host is a tick, Amblyomma maculatum. It reaches its sexual maturity in this tick. The tick obtains gametocytes from the neutrophils or monocytes in the peripheral blood of a dog. The gametocytes the come together to form an ookinete. The ookinete then go into the stomach of the tick and become an oocyst. Several Sporocysts form inside of an oocyst and these sporocysts contain 12-24 sporozoites.…

My entire family has struggled with Lyme Disease for numerous years. Lyme disease is an infection caused by being bitten by an infected tick. The first symptom is usually a large, expanding rash around the area of the tick bite. Other symptoms may include a stiff-neck, chills, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, and joint pain. It all started when I was five years old. My sister, Natalie who was three at the time, had a little bite on her leg. We didn’t know what it was…

Babesiosis Babesiosis is an infectious disease caused by a parasite that is carried by ixodid ticks, such as wood ticks and deer ticks. This disease can range from mild to severe. The highest number of reported cases occur in the Northeastern United States. CAUSES This condition is caused by the Babesia parasite. A person can get the parasite if they are bitten by an infected tick. The tick must usually stay attached to the skin for more than 24 hours to transmit the parasite. A person can…

epidemic happened in 1930 and after that, it didn’t take too long to figure out that the bacterium was Rickettsia psittaci. It was later found that the source was birds, including parrots, cockatoos, etc. Long after Lyme disease came about, a man named Allen Steere and others began to think that this disease comes from ticks, specifically a deer tick. Many people believe that the white-tailed deer is the host from which the deer tick gets it sustenance, but in reality, the deer don’t had the…

either harmless or very weak. But some can cause a disease called Lyme disease. What is Lyme Disease? Lyme Disease is a bacterial disease caused by 4 main species of bacteria. The bacteria that it can be caused by is Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia mayonii, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii bacteria. Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick, but the majority black-legged tick bites do not result in Lyme disease You're more likely…

Introduction Over thousands of microorganisms discovered cause human diseases. One of the infectious microorganisms is the spirochete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which belongs to the genus Borrelia and family Spirochaetaceae. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), B. burgdorferi was first isolated in 1982 by a zoologist and microbiologist Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D., thus the name burgdorferi. Lyme disease, which is caused by the bacterium B. burgdorferi…

hiding the bacteria. Not only hiding from the immune system, but by releasing the antigens it causes our immunological system to damage our own healthy cells. As mentioned before their shape helps on attacking its host by the motility movement it has. Borrelia can dig into tissue or organs including the central nervous system, causing severe…

The ASPCA has estimated that “70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats are owned in the United States” (“Pet Statistics” 1). With these millions of dogs and cats that are owned as pets not all are vaccinated. Vaccinations benefits outway the risks. Risks may rise or decline depending on species of animal and your geographical location. “Vaccines stimulate the immune system production of antibodies that will destroy disease causing organisms enter the body” (“Vaccinations” 1). These vaccines…

Kendal Cabrera Mayfield English 10 Period 6 25 November 2015 The Lyme Fight As Lyme Disease becomes a more relevant and noticeable disease, majority of knowing people, such as; patients believe that Lyme Disease is becoming an epidemic. Lyme Disease has grown among countries making it a more pertinent epidemic, as several are still oblivious to the disease, most professional doctors still think Lyme Disease isn’t even existent. Discovered in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975 with an…

Description: Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by deer ticks infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. Cause: Lyme disease is spread through the bite of infected ticks. Ticks can attach on any part of the human body often found in hard to see areas. A tick is attached for 36 to 48 hours or more before the Lyme disease bacterium can be transmitted. Most people are infected through the bites of the immature ticks, which are called nymphs. Symptoms: Early Signs (3 to 30 days…