Special Issue "Lyme Disease: The Role of Big Data, Companion Diagnostics and Precision Medicine"
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018) | Viewed by 218710
Special Issue Editor
Interests: tickborne diseases; immunodeficiency diseases; immunological infertility
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has become a major worldwide epidemic. Studies based on Big Data registries show that >300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the USA alone, and up to two-thirds of individuals infected with B. burgdorferi will fail conventional 30-year-old antibiotic therapy. Recent studies have highlighted metabolic and molecular persistence mechanisms that allow the Lyme spirochete to survive in the face of immunological and antibiotic challenges. Consequently, improved companion diagnostic tests and novel treatment approaches for Lyme disease are urgently needed to combat the epidemic. In particular, therapies based on the principles of precision medicine could be modeled on successful “designer drug” treatment for other diseases. This Special Issue of Healthcare examines the use of Big Data registries, companion diagnostics and precision medicine that will revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in the coming years.
Dr. Raphael B. Stricker
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Lyme disease
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- tickborne diseases
- persistent infection