Activation of latent Lyme borreliosis concurrent with a herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Asa Gylfe; Mats Wahlgren; Linda Fahlén; Sven Bergström

doi:10.1080/0036554021000026972

Activation of latent Lyme borreliosis concurrent with a herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(12):922-4. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026972.

Authors

Asa Gylfe¹, Mats Wahlgren, Linda Fahlén, Sven Bergström

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

PMID: 12587627
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026972

Abstract

The case is reported of a 26-y-old woman with latent Lyme borreliosis that was concurrently activated with a herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. Immune suppression by stress may have caused activation of both infections.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Base Sequence
Borrelia / classification
Borrelia / isolation & purification
Female
Herpes Simplex / complications*
Herpes Simplex / etiology
Herpesvirus 1, Human / pathogenicity*
Humans
Ixodes / microbiology
Lyme Disease / complications*
Lyme Disease / etiology
Lyme Disease / microbiology