In addition to known Borrelia pathogens causing Lyme disease, the tick Ixodes ricinus also transmits Borrelia miyamotoi, which causes a relapsing fever-like disease. This disease is not detected by blood testing for Lyme disease. We now offer... More >

New findings on babesiosis show, that nowadays this disease is overlooked and its incidence and severity are higher than formerly believed. More >

Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is a disease whose name is derived from a small American town named Old Lyme, where an increased occurrence of joint disease in children due to an unknown cause was observed. From the late 19th to the mid-20th century,... More >

The first symptoms of Lyme disease (erythema migrans) are standardly treated with antibiotics administered for 14-21 days. However, several european as well as american research articles describe that administration of a small dose of antibiotics... More >

The most important thing for efficient treatment of Lyme disease is early administration of of effective antibiotics. Currently there are plenty of antimicrobial preparations, but most of them is not suitable for treatment of Lyme disease. Therefore... More >

The Protean laboratory Protean has participated in the development of new diagnostic kits used for the detection of Lyme disease. The tests contain highly specific recombinant antigens isolated from Borrelia... More >