U.S. researchers locate new bacteria that causes Lyme disease

The facilities for sickness manipulate and Prevention, running with the Mayo hospital and health officers from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, observed the new micro organism, called Borrelia mayonii, the CDC stated in a declaration.

previously, simplest one bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, turned into believed to motive human Lyme disease, that's transmitted through bites from via the blacklegged "deer" tick, the CDC statement said.

the brand new bacteria has thus far most effective been detected in the higher Midwest location of the usa, the CDC stated.

Researchers discovered Borrelia mayonii after reading blood samples of sufferers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota who had been suspected of getting Lyme ailment from 2012-2014, the CDC said. Samples from six out of nine,000 sufferers showed "uncommon results" and precipitated similarly have a look at, the health company stated.

The newly discovered bacteria is similar to Borrelia burgdorferi in that it initially reasons fever, headache, rash, and neck pain and later arthritis related to Lyme disease, consistent with the CDC.

however Borrelia mayonii provides nausea, vomiting and great rash, and reasons a better concentration of bacteria in the blood, the CDC stated.

There are an predicted three hundred,000 instances of Lyme disease within the U.S. annually, consistent with the CDC. The ailment is not often deadly, and maximum patients get better after a few weeks of oral antibiotics, the organisation stated.

The patients infected with the new bacteria were handled correctly with the equal antibiotics used for those with Borrelia burgdorferi, the CDC said.

it's miles too early to say whether the newly determined micro organism will be more or much less risky than Borrelia burgdorferi, stated Jeannine Petersen, a CDC microbiologist.

"we've got pretty restrained facts in that our examine described six sufferers," she told Reuters. "We need extra sufferers with a view to capture the total spectrum of those who might have much less extreme symptoms and those who would possibly have more excessive ones."

it is possibly that the bacteria is a "these days emerged" organism since it did no longer appear in preceding, extensive checking out of blood samples of sufferers suspected of getting Lyme ailment, Peterson introduced.