Lyme borreliosis is caused by multiple species of the spirochete bacteria Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato. The spirochetes are transmitted by ticks to vertebrate hosts, including …

Both early localized and late disseminated forms of Lyme borreliosis are caused by Borrelia
burgdorferi senso lato. Differentiating between the spirochetes that only cause localized skin …

Human pathogenic spirochetes causing Lyme disease belong to the Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato complex. Borrelia burgdorferi organisms are extracellular pathogens transmitted …

Publisher Summary Relapsing fever (RF) was the first recognized example of antigenic
variation. The typical pattern of illness that was followed by recovery and relapse attracted …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the vector-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease, was first
identified in 1982. It is known that much of the pathology associated with Lyme borreliosis is …

Borrelia burgdorferi is the causative agent of Lyme disease, a tick-borne spirochetosis with a
worldwide prevalence. To assist the categorization and typing of fresh isolates from global …

The chronic inflammatory condition that develops after infection by B. burgdorferi is a
complex process resulting from host responses to a limited number of organisms …

In the two years after publication of the genome sequence of Borrelia burgdorferi and reports
on human field trials of a vaccine against Lyme borreliosis, there has been further progress …

Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease, a multisystem illness that can persist in humans
for many years. We describe recombination between homologous genes encoding the …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete, possesses a surface protein, VlsE, which
undergoes antigenic variation. VlsE contains two invariable domains and a variable one that …