Diverse Lyme disease spirochete species evade restriction by human complement
Maryna Golovchenko, Lucie Krätzerová, Heather MacTavish, Vett K. Lloyd, Nataliia Rudenko
This study evaluates how human complement sensitivity varies among 10 Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. genospecies and shows age and sex-dependent differences in complement-mediated killing.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology