Sexual transmission of Lyme disease: challenging the tickborne disease paradigm.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
; 13(11): 1303-6, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Lyme disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi has become a major worldwide epidemic. In this article, we explore the clinical, epidemiological and experimental evidence for sexual transmission of Lyme disease in animal models and humans. Although the likelihood of sexual transmission of the Lyme spirochete remains speculative, the possibility of Lyme disease transmission via intimate human contact merits further study.
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Lyme
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Doenças Bacterianas Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article