Multipartite genome of Lyme disease Borrelia: structure, variation and prophages

I Schwartz, G Margos, SR Casjens, WG Qiu… - Current issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
All members of the Borrelia genus that have been examined harbour a linear chromosome
that is about 900 kbp in length, as well as a plethora of both linear and circular plasmids in …

The environment, the tick, and the pathogen–It is an ensemble

J Couret, S Schofield, S Narasimhan - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ixodes scapularis is one of the predominant vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of
Lyme disease in the USA. The geographic distribution of I. scapularis, endemic to the …

Ecological interactions driving population dynamics of two tick-borne pathogens, Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti

DM Tufts, B Adams… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) and Babesia microti (Bm) are vector-borne zoonotic pathogens
commonly found co-circulating in Ixodes scapularis and Peromyscus leucopus populations …

Possible Association between Selected Tick-Borne Pathogen Prevalence and Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato Infestation in Dogs from Juarez City (Chihuahua) …

DM Beristain-Ruiz, JA Garza-Hernández… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tick-borne bacterial pathogens (TBBPs) show a worldwide distribution and represent a
great impact on public health. The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is a vector of …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into the ancient spread of Lyme disease across North America

KS Walter, G Carpi, A Caccone… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in North America and continues to
spread. The disease was first clinically described in the 1970s in Lyme, Connecticut, but the …

Microbial communities associated with the camel tick, Hyalomma dromedarii: 16S rRNA gene-based analysis

N Perveen, SB Muzaffar, R Vijayan, MA Al-Deeb - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Hyalomma dromedarii is an important blood-feeding ectoparasite that affects the health of
camels. We assessed the profile of bacterial communities associated with H. dromedarii …

Ticks infected via co-feeding transmission can transmit Lyme borreliosis to vertebrate hosts

A Belli, A Sarr, O Rais, ROM Rego, MJ Voordouw - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Vector-borne pathogens establish systemic infections in host tissues to maximize
transmission to arthropod vectors. Co-feeding transmission occurs when the pathogen is …

Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones

S Tyler, S Tyson, A Dibernardo, M Drebot, EJ Feil… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Lyme disease is emerging in southern Canada due to range expansion of the tick vector,
followed by invasion of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. Strain …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary ecology of lyme borrelia

KR O'Keeffe, ZJ Oppler, D Brisson - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
The bacterial genus, Borrelia, is comprised of vector-borne spirochete species that infect
and are transmitted from multiple host species. Some Borrelia species cause highly …

Infection history of the blood-meal host dictates pathogenic potential of the Lyme disease spirochete within the feeding tick vector

B Bhatia, C Hillman, V Carracoi, BN Cheff, K Tilly… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Lyme disease in humans is caused by several genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato (sl) complex of spirochetal bacteria, including B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B …