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Bacteria > Spirochaetales > Spirochaetaceae > Borrelia

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Borrelia  

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Note

  • B. burgdorferi or B. burgdorferi group infection = LYME DISEASE; infection by other species = probably RELAPSING FEVER, but if not, index under BORRELIA INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, helical bacteria, various species of which produce RELAPSING FEVER in humans and other animals.

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  • Borrelia

    Finnish

  • Borrelia-bakteerisuku
  • Borrelia-suku
  • Borrellia
  • Borrelia

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001898

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