Could slowing down the swimming speed of the Lyme disease spirochete help treatment?

Could slowing down the swimming speed of the Lyme disease spirochete help treatment? The Lyme disease bacterium moves through the body using a unique corkscrew-like motion. Laboratory research suggests that altering this motility may influence how the organism survives and causes infection. This raises an important question: could slowing the movement of Borrelia burgdorferi make […]

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