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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Spirochaetaceae > Borrelia > Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Bacteria > Spirochaetales > Spirochaetaceae > Borrelia > Borrelia burgdorferi Group

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Borrelia burgdorferi Group  

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  • Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

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  • infection: coord IM with LYME DISEASE or specifics (IM); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI is also available

Scope note

  • Gram-negative helical bacteria, in the genus BORRELIA, that are the etiologic agents of LYME DISEASE. The group comprises many specific species including Borrelia afzelii, Borellia garinii, and BORRELIA BURGDORFERI proper. These spirochetes are generally transmitted by several species of ixodid ticks.

History note

  • 2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015748

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