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Borrelia burgdorferi is a
bacterial species of the
spirochete class in the
genus Borrelia, and is one of the
causative agents of Lyme
disease in humans...
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collectively known as
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and show a
great deal of
genetic diversity. B.
burgdorferi sensu lato is a
species complex made...
- species.
Three species (Borrelia garinii,
Borrelia afzelii, and
Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.) are the main
causative agents of the
disease in humans,
while a...
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experience symptoms.
Though D.
variabilis may be
exposed to
Borrelia burgdorferi, the
causative agent of Lyme disease,
these ticks are not
competent vectors...
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burgdorferi sensu lato,
while B.
burgdorferi itself is
specified as B.
burgdorferi sensu stricto. B.
burgdorferi was
previously believed to be the only...
- eggs in clusters.
Transtadial (between tick stages) p****age of
Borrelia burgdorferi is common.
Vertical p****age (from
mother to egg) of
Borrelia is uncommon...
- lato (broad sense),
genospecies (Bbsl) of the
known microbe,
Borrelia burgdorferi. A
genospecies is a
cluster of
organisms with
similar core
genes that...
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bacterial pathogen that
causes Lyme disease, a
spirochete named Borrelia burgdorferi in his honor.
Burgdorfer was born on June 27, 1925, in Basel, Switzerland...
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Though the
primary bacterium responsible for Lyme disease,
Borrelia burgdorferi, has
occasionally been
isolated from lone star ticks,
numerous vector...
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typically observed in insects. For example, the
bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the
causative agent for Lyme disease,
infects the tick
vector as a larva...
