Sexual Transmission of Lyme Disease

Sexual Transmission of Lyme Disease

Sexual transmission of Lyme disease has further evidence, as discovered in this study.

Live spirochetes were found in a genital lesion of a person with Lyme disease.

The study continues as research into the risk of infection associated with possible sexual transmission of the disease.

Due to the similarities between the active organism of Lyme disease and that of syphilis, the possibility of sexual transmission has long been suspected.  Both are spirochetes

Researchers examined a genital lesion of a patient who was being treated for Lyme disease.  Live Bb spirochetes were found.  They were further proven by growing them in culture.  Further testing demonstrated that they were Borrelia burgdorferi.
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