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Borrelia
Sign in to saveBorrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. Several species cause Lyme disease, also called Lyme borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Other species of Borrelia cause relapsing fever, and are transmitted by ticks or lice, depending on the species of bacteria.
Species
Lyme Disease Spirochete
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumSpirochaetota
- ClassSpirochaetia
- OrderBorreliales
- FamilyBorreliaceae
Боррелии (лат. Borrelia) — род бактерий семейства Spirochaetaceae порядка спирохет. Представители рода являются возбудителями таких заболеваний человека, как боррелиозы, преимущественно зооантропонозного характера с трансмиссивным путём передачи возбудителя. Род насчитывает 36 различных видов. Род был назван в честь французского медика и бактериолога Амадея Борреля (1867—1936).
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Research
15,710 papers- Borrelia miyamotoi - another emerging tick-borne pathogen.Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie : casopis Spolecnosti pro epidemiologii a mikrobiologii Ceske lekarske spolecnosti J.E. Purkyne · 2021
- Complement evasion strategies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.FEBS letters · 2020
- Microbiology of Borrelia burgdorferi.Seminars in neurology · 1997
- Biology of Borrelia species.Microbiological reviews · 1986
- The evolving story of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmission in Europe.Parasitology research · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Biology
- Phylogeny
- Vectors
- Ticks
- Lice
- Pathology
- Lyme disease
- Relapsing fever
- ''Borellia miyamotoi'' disease
- Diagnosis
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Borrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. Several species cause Lyme disease, also called Lyme borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Other species of Borrelia cause relapsing fever, and are transmitted by ticks or lice, depending on the species of bacteria.
The genus is named after French biologist Amédée Borrel (1867–1936), who first documented the distinction between a species of Borrelia anserina and the other known type of spirochete at the time, Treponema pallidum. This bacterium must be viewed using dark-field microscopy, which make the cells appear white against a dark background. Borrelia species are grown in Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly medium.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borrelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.