Author summary Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), afflicts over 470,000 Americans annually, yet predicting which infections will progress from localized to disseminated disease remains a critical clinical challenge. Despite decades of research…

Abstract

Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the United States, presents with highly variable clinical outcomes, ranging from localized erythema migrans to severe dissemin… [+62048 chars]

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