Borrelia spielmanii

Borrelia spielmanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: B. spielmanii
Binomial name
Borrelia spielmanii
Richter et al. 2006

Borrelia spielmanii is a spirochete bacterium;[1] it routinely infects Ixodes ricinus, and subsequently humans, causing Lyme disease.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Richter D, Postic D, Sertour N, Livey I, Matuschka FR, Baranton G (April 2006). "Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species by multilocus sequence analysis and confirmation of the delineation of Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (Pt 4): 873–81. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64050-0. PMID 16585709. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  2. Fingerle, Volker; Schulte-Spechtel, Ulrike C.; Ruzic-Sabljic, Eva; Leonhard, Sarah; Hofmann, Heidelore; Weber, Klaus; Pfister, Kurt; Strle, Franc; Wilske, Bettina (2008). "Epidemiological aspects and molecular characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from southern Germany with special respect to the new species Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov". International Journal of Medical Microbiology 298 (3–4): 279–290. doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.05.002. ISSN 1438-4221. PMID 17616434.
  3. Maraspin, Vera; Ruzic-Sabljic, Eva; Strle, Franc (2006). "Lyme Borreliosis andBorrelia spielmanii". Emerging Infectious Diseases 12 (7): 1177–1177. doi:10.3201/eid1207.060077. ISSN 1080-6040.
  4. Földvári, Gábor, Róbert Farkas, and András Lakos. "Borrelia spielmanii erythema migrans, Hungary." Emerging infectious diseases 11.11 (2005): 1794.

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