Borrelia burg·dor·fe·ri (b rg-dôr f-r )n. A spirochete causing Lyme disease in humans. |
Borrelia burgdorferi
[burg′dôrfer′ī]
the causative agent in Lyme disease. The organism is transmitted to humans by tick vectors, primarily Ixodes dammini. In the United States the disease is found primarily in the Northeast, North-Central, and Northwest.
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.
Borrelia burgdorferi
The spirochete agent of Lyme disease, which contains several outer membrane proteins and a highly immunogenic flagellar protein which may be important in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease Diagnosis Culture,
serology, ID in tissue, PCR of synovial fluid. See Lyme disease, Tick.
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