Scand J Infect Dis. 2002; 34(12): 922-4.

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


Gylfe A, Wahlgren M, Fahlen L, Bergstrom S.

Department of Molecular Biology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden

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.