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Asymptomatic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi
Allen C Steere1, Vijay K Sikand, Robert T Schoen
1Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. asteere@partners.org
Abstract:
The natural history of asymptomatic seroconversion to Borrelia burgdorferi has been unclear. We report here, on the basis of a post hoc assessment, the frequency and outcome of asymptomatic seroconversion to B. burgdorferi in participants of a large Lyme disease vaccine trial. We show that infection with B. burgdorferi may be asymptomatic but that asymptomatic infection is unusual in the United States.