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Dr. Mollie Jewett is head of the Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis Research at UCF. Dr. Jewett has dedicated much of her career to understanding Lyme disease. Lyme disease is the leading tick-borne bacterial disease in the world resulting in greater than 30,000 cases per year in the U.S. alone. Lyme disease is caused by tick-bite transmission of the pathogenic spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.
An increased understanding of the molecular mechanisms that B. burgdorferi uses to survive throughout its infectious cycle is critical for the development of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic protocols to reduce the incidence of Lyme disease. Because accurate diagnosis is currently the greatest challenge for the clinical management of Lyme disease, Jewett’s lab is focused on development of a simplified, objective and sensitive approach for the detection of B. burgdorferi antibodies in infected patients.
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