PATHOGENESIS OF NEUROBORRELIOSIS

莱姆病神经疏螺旋体病（LNB）是一种日益普遍的原因， 最严重的神经系统疾病 感染导致慢性 脑膜炎、脑神经损伤、慢性记忆障碍和 认知功能和周围神经损伤 之甚少 已知中枢神经系统感染的发病机制 系统（CNS）。 这种对LNB发病机制的无知， 促使费力和过于昂贵的诊断程序， 以及奇怪的、经常有毒的治疗方法： 例如，我们不知道： 皮内注射后螺旋体侵入中枢神经系统的频率 注射 感染在中枢神经系统中持续多久 CNS细胞类型和感染部位 免疫系统是否在中枢神经系统中起重要作用 感染 螺旋体是否侵入周围神经 这个项目将解决这些领域的无知，使用一个模型， LNB在恒河猴最近在我们的实验室发展。 的 获得的信息将导致对发病机制的理解， 以及制定合理的诊断策略和安全， 有效的治疗。 它也将导致更好地理解 CNS的慢性感染。

Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is an increasingly prevalent cause of neurological disease in the world. The infection results in chronic meningitis, cranial nerve lesions, chronic disorders of memory and cognitive functioning, and peripheral nerve damage. Very little is known about pathogenesis of the infection in the central nervous system (CNS). This ignorance about the pathogenesis of LNB has prompted laborious and excessively expensive diagnostic procedures, as well as bizarre and frequently toxic treatments: For instance, we do not know: how frequently the spirochete invades the CNS after intradermal injection how long the infection persists in the CNS the CNS cell type and location infected whether the immune system plays a significant role in the CNS infection whether spirochetes invade peripheral nerves This project will address these areas of ignorance, using a model of LNB in Rhesus macaques recently developed in our laboratory. The information gained will lead to an understanding of pathogenesis as well as the development of rationale diagnostic strategies and safe, effective therapy. It will also lead to a greater understanding of chronic infections of the CNS.