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genus Borrelia

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Noun1.genus Borrelia - small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
bacteria genus - a genus of bacteria
family Treponemataceae, Treponemataceae - small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
borrelia - cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete - cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes


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Spirochetes of the genus Borrelia are known to cause 2 major types of human disease, Lyme disease, which occurs primarily in temperate regions, and relapsing fever (RF), which occurs in both temperate and tropical regions.
Tickborne relapsing fever diagnosis obscured by Malaria, Togo by Bergstrom, Sven / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Among tickborne bacteria, extracellular spirochetes of the genus Borrelia are widely spread and most studied.
Tickborne pathogen detection, Western Siberia, Russia by Morozova, Olga V. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The two major clades of species in the genus Borrelia are the Lyme borreliosis group and the relapsing fever group (1).
Typing of Borrelia relapsing fever group strains by Barbour, Alan G. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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