Borrelia afzelii
Seroprevalence of vector borne pathogens and molecular detection of Borrelia afzelii in military dogs from Portugal
... Background: Canine vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are increasingly being reported worldwide and represent a serious threat to both animal and public health. Military dogs may constitute a risk group for the agents causing ...
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Establishment of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using purified recombinant 83 kilodalton antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii for serodiagnosis of Lyme disease
... Bacterial strains. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strain GeHo and Borrelia afzelii Bo23 (passage numbers, . 25) (both provided by K. Pelz, Institut fu ¨r Mediz- inische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Freiburg, ...
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Sicklinger, Martin (2006): In-vitro-Sensibilität von Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato gegenüber vier Antibiotika: ein Vergleich der Genospezies Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii und Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... Subspezies Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii und Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto weist sowohl in geographischer Hinsicht als auch bei den einzelnen Krankheitsmanifestationen ...
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Multi trophic interactions driving the transmission cycle of Borrelia afzelii between Ixodes ricinus and rodents: a review
... (B. afzelii for birds) decreased, suggesting a possible devel- oped resistance ...[120]. Borrelia afzelii has to survive the tick immune system during blood digestion, moulting and migration via the ...
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Strain Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii by Using Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
... B. afzelii and ...B. afzelii strains and seven ...B. afzelii strains assembled within the single sub- group of cluster V-1 ...B. afzelii isolates B023 and BR53 showed 100% marker identity, as ...
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Comparison of the lifetime host to tick transmission between two strains of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia afzelii
... the Borrelia pathogen has established a widespread, multi-organ infection, host-to-tick transmis- sion can occur from the skin anywhere on the vertebrate body and is therefore referred to as systemic transmis- ...
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Larvae of Ixodes ricinus transmit Borrelia afzelii and B miyamotoi to vertebrate hosts
... B. afzelii-positive and 9 out of 10 mice to ...B. afzelii and B miyamotoi, respectively. For B. afzelii, this can indicate a low transmission effi- ciency from larva to rodent, whereas the ...
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The genetic diversity of Borrelia afzelii is not maintained by the diversity of the rodent hosts
... For the detection of B. burgdorferi (s.l.), a triplex qPCR, targeting ospA and flaB genes of B. burgdorferi (s.l.) and the flaB gene of B. miyamotoi, was used. The sequences of primers and probes are given in Additional ...
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The abundance of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia afzelii declines over time in the tick vector Ixodes ricinus
... B. afzelii spirochetes increased dramatically from the engorged larval tick to the flat nymphal tick ...B. afzelii infections in engorged larvae is that heme in blood is a known inhibitor of PCR [51, ...the ...
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Jungnick, Sabrina (2018): Multilocus Sequence Typing von Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto und Borrelia afzelii Stämmen aus Europa und den USA: Populationsstruktur, Pathogenität und Patientensymptomatik. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ...two Borrelia species frequently reported in LB, 133 Borrelia ...and Borrelia (B.) afzelii strains from patients and ticks in Europe were typed via ...
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Genetic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks from Mainland Portugal
... named Borrelia burgdorferi ...garinii, Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia valaisiana, Borrelia lus- itaniae, Borrelia andersonii, Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia japonica, ...
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Impact of vertebrate communities on Ixodes ricinus borne disease risk in forest areas
... Result: We found that the density of any tick life stage was proportional to the encounter probability of ungulates. Moreover, the density of nymphs decreased with the encounter probability of hare, rabbit and red fox. ...
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Heterogeneity of BmpA (P39) among European isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and influence of interspecies variability on serodiagnosis
... of Borrelia burgdorferi were ...of Borrelia garinii is heterogeneous, with an amino acid sequence identity ranging from 91 to 97%, whereas the BmpA proteins of Borrelia afzelii and ...B. ...
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Validity of Interpretation Criteria for Standardized Western Blots (Immunoblots) for Serodiagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis Based on Sera Collected throughout Europe
... of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ...(Borrelia afzelii) and PBi (Borrelia garinii) developed in the previous study were reevaluated with 224 serum samples (from patients with LB in different ...
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Abstract
... heart. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ...genospecies: Borrelia burgdor− feri sensu stricto (s.s.), Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia valaisiana, Borrelia ...
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Identification of Three Clinically Relevant Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies by PCR Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of 16S 23S Ribosomal DNA Spacer Amplicons
... relevant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii) in 1,040 questing Ixodes ticks from all regions of ...
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Lyme disease bacterium does not affect attraction to rodent odour in the tick vector
... hosts. Borrelia afzelii, ...[30,31]. Borrelia afzelii is killed by the complement sys- tem of birds and conversely, ...on Borrelia pathogens to evolve manipulation of host choice ...
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Detection of tick-borne infection in Morgellons disease patients by serological and molecular techniques
... with Borrelia strains that were not captured by the techniques employed in this ...than Borrelia such as Treponema and Leptospira may elicit this dermatological condition, and there is published evidence ...
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Use of mass participation outdoor events to assess human exposure to tickborne pathogens
... Health England (https://www.gov.uk/government/publica- tions/lyme-borreliosis-epidemiology) and Health Protection Scotland (http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/giz/wrdetail.aspx? id = 65883&subjectid = 100&wrtype = 6) ...
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Function of the Borrelia burgdorferi FtsH Homolog Is Essential for Viability both In Vitro and In Vivo and Independent of HflK/C
... IMPORTANCE Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, which is maintained in nature in an infectious cycle alternating between small mammals and Ixodes ticks. B. burgdorferi produces specific membrane ...
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