Sentences with phrase «borrelia mayonii»

Unlike the original strain, though, Borrelia mayonii can also cause vomiting and nausea.

The initial bacteria was also characterized by a rash that looked like a bull's eye, but an infection with Borrelia mayonii can cause a more widespread rash on the body.

Like the more well - known Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia mayonii causes symptoms like fever, rash, headache, and neck pain, and as the disease progresses it can cause arthritis.

People with Lyme disease caused by Borrelia mayonii also responded well to the same antibiotics used to treat the usual bacteria.

In a new study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases researchers at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as experts in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota report that a newly discovered species of bacteria called Borrelia mayonii causes Lyme disease.

Borrelia mayonii, a bacterial species that causes Lyme disease in the upper Midwest, causes similar symptoms in its early stages, including fever, headache, neck pain, and rash, and arthritis pain in the later stages.

Only ticks of the blacklegged variety who inhabit parts of the country where Lyme disease is highly prevalent are commonly infected with Borrelia burgdorferi or Borrelia mayonii, the two species of bacteria that cause Lyme disease in the United States.