Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – ALS
Abstract:
Neurological involvement in Lyme disease usually takes the form of symptoms of meningoencephalitis, mononeuritis multiplex, radiculoneuritis, and-or cranian nerve neuritis developing within months of primary infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. Recently, however, long-term sequelae have been described; these include a remitting-relapsing neurological syndrome simulating multiple sclerosis, focal encephalitis, and psychiatric disease. These tertiary symptoms are thought to be due to a latent infection of the central nervous system.