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Borrelia /Bor·rel·ia/ (bah-rel´e-ah) a genus of bacteria (family Spirochaetaceae), parasitic in many animals. B. burgdor´feri causes Lyme disease and skin disease, and numerous species cause relapsing fever.
Borrelia a genus of spiral, gram-negative bacteria. The spirals have a long amplitude and are irregular. Borrelia anserina causes fowl spirochetosis. Borrelia burgdorferi causes lyme disease in humans and animals. Borrelia recurrentis causes relapsing fever in humans, and a subclinical disease in Virginia opossum, one of the major reservoirs of the disease. Borrelia suilla not an accredited species. Originally identified as a cause of ulcerative granuloma of swine. Borrelia theileri cause of theileriasis in cattle, sheep and horses. |
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| DNA sequencing demonstrated that Borrelia crocidurae and B. Researchers at Yale University report in the July 28 Nature that the Lyme microbe, Borrelia burgdorferi, activates a gene in the tick, boosting production of a salivary protein called Salp-15. Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative organism, has been cultured after "adequate" antibiotic therapy from the brain, eye, heart, spleen, spinal fluid, skin, lymph nodes, joints, and synovial fluid (Cimmino et al. |
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