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- Title
Differences in Genotype, Clinical Features, and Inflammatory Potential of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto Strains from Europe and the United States.
- Authors
Cerar, Tjasa; Strle, Franc; Stupica, Dasa; Ruzic-Sabljic, Eva; McHugh, Gail; Steere, Allen C.; Strle, Klemen
- Abstract
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto isolates from patients with erythema migrans in Europe and the United States were compared by genotype, clinical features of infection, and inflammatory potential. Analysis of outer surface protein C and multilocus sequence typing showed that strains from these 2 regions represent distinct genotypes. Clinical features of infection with B. burgdorferi in Slovenia were similar to infection with B. afzelii or B. garinii, the other 2 Borrelia spp. that cause disease in Europe, whereas B. burgdorferi strains from the United States were associated with more severe disease. Moreover, B. burgdorferi strains from the United States induced peripheral blood mononuclear cells to secrete higher levels of cytokines and chemokines associated with innate and Th1-adaptive immune responses, whereas strains from Europe induced greater Th17-associated responses. Thus, strains of the same B. burgdorferi species from Europe and the United States represent distinct clonal lineages that vary in virulence and inflammatory potential.
- Subjects
EUROPE; UNITED States; BORRELIA burgdorferi; BORRELIA diseases; PROTEIN C; IMMUNE response; VIRULENCE of bacteria; LYME disease diagnosis; COMPARATIVE studies; CYTOKINES; BIOLOGICAL evolution; GRAM-negative bacteria; INFLAMMATORY mediators; LYME disease; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; EVALUATION research; MONONUCLEAR leukocytes; SEQUENCE analysis; GENOTYPES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 5, p818
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2205.151806