Borrelia (redirected from Borrelia theileri)

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.

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Bor·re·li·a (b-rl-, -rl-)

n.

A genus of parasitic irregularly coiled helical spirochetes, some species of which cause relapsing fever in humans.

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Borrelia

a genus of spiral, gram-negative bacteria. The spirals have a long amplitude and are irregular.

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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.