Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2015 Nov;13(11):1303-6. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1081056. Epub 2015 Aug 26.

Sexual transmission of Lyme disease: challenging the tickborne disease paradigm.

Stricker RB1, Middelveen MJ1.

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• 1a International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, P.O. Box 341461, Bethesda, MD 20827-1461, USA.

Abstract

Lyme disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi has become a major worldwide epidemic. In this article, we explore the clinical, epidemiological and experimental evidence for sexual transmission of Lyme disease in animal models and humans. Although the likelihood of sexual transmission of the Lyme spirochete remains speculative, the possibility of Lyme disease transmission via intimate human contact merits further study.

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; genital secretions; sexual transmission

PMID: 26489537 [PubMed - in process]

Link Here- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26489537