Borrelia valaisiana

Borrelia valaisiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: Borrelia valaisiana
Wang et al., 1997

Borrelia valaisiana is a spirochaete bacterium; strain VS116 is the type strain.[1] It is a potential pathogen.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Wang, G.; Van Dam, A. P.; Fleche, A. L.; Postic, D.; Peter, O.; Baranton, G.; De Boer, R.; Spanjaard, L.; Dankert, J. (1997). "Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia Genomic Groups VS116 and M19)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 926–932. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-926. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9336888.
  2. ↑ Saito K, Ito T, Asashima N, et al. (December 2007). "Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77 (6): 1124–7. PMID 18165534. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. ↑ Schwab J, Hammerschmidt C, Richter D, et al. (2013). "Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components". PLoS ONE. 8 (1): e53659. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053659. PMC 3539980. PMID 23320099.

Further reading

  • Diza, Eudoxia, et al. "Borrelia valaisiana in cerebrospinal fluid." Emerging infectious diseases 10.9 (2004): 1692.
  • Schutzer, S. E.; Fraser-Liggett, C. M.; Qiu, W.-G.; Kraiczy, P.; Mongodin, E. F.; Dunn, J. J.; Luft, B. J.; Casjens, S. R. (2011). "Whole-Genome Sequences of Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia valaisiana, and Borrelia spielmanii". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (2): 545–546. doi:10.1128/JB.06263-11. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3256645. PMID 22207749.
  • Ryffel, Karine, and O. Péter. "From discovery to clinical implications: Borrelia valaisiana." JOURNAL OF SPIROCHETAL AND TICK BORNE DISEASES7.FALL/WIN (2000): 64-72.


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