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Borrelia recurrentis

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Bor·rel·i·a re·cur·ren·tis

historically, a bacterial species that causes relapsing fever in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; transmitted by the bedbug, Cimex lectularius, and the louse, Pediculus humanus subsp. humanus.
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Obermeier,

Otto H.F., German physician, 1843-1873.
Obermeier spirillum - a species causing relapsing fever, transmitted by bedbugs and lice. Synonym(s): Borrelia recurrentis
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First insights in the variability of Borrelia recurrentis genomes.
Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in asylum-seekers from Eritrea, the Netherlands, July 2015.
In head lice In body lice Head and body lice 1607007 0 0 1607008 0 0 1607009 0 0 16070010 0 1 ([C.sub.t] 35) 1807002 0 0 1907002 0 0 2007001 1 ([C.sub.t] 32) 0 2007002 0 0 2107001 0 0 2107002 0 0 2307002 0 3 ([C.sub.t] 27) Total 1 (3.44%) 4 (13.8%) Body lice only 1607001 0 0 1607002 0 0 1607003 0 0 1607004 0 2 ([C.sub.t] 36) 1607005 0 0 1607006 0 0 1707001 0 0 1907003 0 0 2407001 0 0 2407003 0 0 2407004 0 1 ([C.sub.t] 36) Total 0 3 (9.0%) Head lice only 1807001 0 0 1907001 0 0 Total 0 0 Borrelia recurrentis Patient no.
Arthropods are collected and PCR-screened for pathogens such as Bartonella, the epidemic typhus rickettsia, and Borrelia recurrentis. Depending on the epidemiologic situation, other surveys such as for the prevalence of TB and other respiratory diseases can be organized (2 7).
recurrentis laboratory-infected lice UR Borrelia recurrentis ATCC Escherichia coli CIP Proteus mirabilis CIP Staphylococcus aureus CIP Streptococcus salivarius CIP Orientia tsutsugamushi CIP Streptococcus pyogenes CIP Mycobacterium xenopi CIP Chlamydia trachomatis Human isolate Propionibacterium acnes UR HGE agent ATCC Bartonella quintana Oklahoma ATCC Tropheryma whipplei Twist UR M.
Borrelia recurrentis and their louse vectors showed 2 sequence types, while 4 B.
Serodiagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever with glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GIpQ) from Borrelia recurrentis. J Clin Microbiol.
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