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.

Further reading

  • Dieter, Heylen (2014). "Songbirds as general transmitters but selective amplifiers of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genotypes in Ixodes rinicus ticks". Environmental Microbiology. 16 (9): 2859–2868. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12304. PMID 24118930.
  • Herzberger, P.; Siegel, C.; Skerka, C.; Fingerle, V.; Schulte-Spechtel, U.; van Dam, A.; Wilske, B.; Brade, V.; Zipfel, P. F.; Wallich, R.; Kraiczy, P. (2007). "Human Pathogenic Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov. Resists Complement-Mediated Killing by Direct Binding of Immune Regulators Factor H and Factor H-Like Protein 1". Infection and Immunity. 75 (10): 4817–4825. doi:10.1128/IAI.00532-07. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 2044541. PMID 17635869.
  • Morgenstern, K.; Baljer, G.; Norris, D. E.; Kraiczy, P.; Hanssen-Hubner, C.; Hunfeld, K.-P. (2008). "In Vitro Susceptibility of Borrelia spielmanii to Antimicrobial Agents Commonly Used for Treatment of Lyme Disease". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53 (3): 1281–1284. doi:10.1128/AAC.01247-08. ISSN 0066-4804. PMC 2650570. PMID 19075048.


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