Borrelia afzelii

a bacterial genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato causing Lyme disease in Europe and Asia; transmitted by the tick, Ixodes ricinus, in central and western Europe and by the tick, Ixodes persulcatus, in Eurasia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
See also: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto.

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Bor·rel·i·a af·zel·i·i

(bŏ-rel'ē-ă af-zel'ē-ī)

A bacterial genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato causing Lyme disease in Europe and Asia; transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus in central and western Europe and by the tick I. persulcatus in Eurasia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
See also: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

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