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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Human Complement Evasion Is Widespread Among Lyme Borreliosis Spirochete Species.

Maryna Golovchenko, Lucie Krätzerová, Heather MacTavish, Vett Lloyd, Natalie Rudenko

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Maryna GolovchenkoInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-1219-2842
Lucie KrätzerováBiological Defence Department Techonin, Military Health Institute, 561 66 Techonin, Czech Republic.
Heather MacTavishDepartment of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-2098-709X
Vett LloydDepartment of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G7, Canada.
Natalie RudenkoInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-0506-2249

Funding

Czech Science Foundation 25-17301SMinistry of Education, Youths and Sport of the CR LUC23151Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disseminated human Lyme borreliosis is primarily associated with invasive spirochetes from the

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiComplement System ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmune EvasionLyme DiseaseAdultAgedFemaleHumansImmunity, InnateMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultComplement System ProteinsBorreliacomplement-mediated killinghost sex and agehuman complementimmune responseinfectivityLyme borreliosisLyme disease

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PMID42515044
PMCPMC13414706

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