Disease Severity in a Murine Model of Lyme Borreliosis is Associated with the Genotype of the Infecting Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Strain

Overview

Journal J Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2002 Aug 29

PMID 12198612

Citations 97

Authors

Guiqing Wang

Caroline Ojaimi

Hongyan Wu

Victoria Saksenberg

Radha Iyer

Dionysios Liveris

Steve A McClain

Gary P Wormser

Ira Schwartz

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Abstract

The pathogenicity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto clinical isolates representing 2 distinct ribosomal DNA spacer restriction fragment-length polymorphism genotypes (RSTs) was assessed in a murine model of Lyme disease. B. burgdorferi was recovered from 71.5% and 26.6% of specimens from mice infected with RST1 and RST3 isolates, respectively (P<.0001). The average ankle diameter and histologic scores for carditis and arthritis were significantly higher after 2 weeks of infection among mice infected with RST1 isolates than among those infected with RST3 isolates (P<.001). These clinical manifestations were associated with larger numbers of spirochetes in target tissues but not with the serum sensitivity of the individual isolates. Thus, the development and severity of disease in genetically identical susceptible hosts is determined mainly by the pathogenic properties of the infecting B. burgdorferi isolate. The RST1 genotype is genetically homogeneous and thus may represent a recently evolved clonal lineage that is highly pathogenic in humans and animals.

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