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Persistent Lyme infection or inflammatory immune response?
The PG(Bb) fragments likely “contribute to inflammation during infection and in cases of post-infectious Lyme arthritis.” In a mouse study, the authors found “that PG(Bb) alone was sufficient to induce acute arthritis.” Furthermore, Jutras and colleagues suggest that “immune responses to PG(Bb) and autoantigens may contribute to pathology, even after the infection itself has been cleared.” […]
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