Borrelia burgdorferi
ospC Diversity in Borrelia burgdorferi
... bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, is at least an order of magnitude more variable than other genes in the ...B. burgdorferi. We examined four important host species of B. burgdorferi and found ...
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Evaluation of the Borrelia burgdorferi BBA64 Protein as a Protective Immunogen in Mice
... is Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete that is transmitted through an enzootic cycle to res- ervoir animals and humans by Ixodes ...B. burgdorferi differentially expresses genes encoding surface ...
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Delineation of a New Species of the Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex, Borrelia americana sp nov
... 14 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species recog- nized today worldwide, including 9 strictly associated with Eur- asia ...nii, Borrelia sinica, Borrelia tanukii, ...(B. burgdorferi ...
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Strain Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii by Using Multiple Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
... of Borrelia burgdorferi and subsequently developed a multiple-locus VNTR analysis (MLVA) typing system for this disease ...diverse Borrelia isolates including B. burgdorferi, ...unique ...
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Analysis and comparison of plasmid profiles of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains
... two Borrelia garinii strains that contained two or three of the large ...of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains ranged in size from ...B. burgdorferi sensu stricto 297 as ...B. ...
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Monoclonal antibody to native P39 protein from Borrelia burgdorferi
... Reactivity of human Lyme borreliosis sera with a 39-kilodalton antigen specific to Borrelia burgdorferi.. The clinical spectrum and treatment of Lyme disease.[r] ...
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Virulent strain associated outer membrane proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi
... We have isolated and purified outer membrane vesicles (OMV) from Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 based on methods developed for isolation of Treponema pallidum OMV. Purified OMV exhibited distinct porin ...
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Genetic Diversity of ospC in a Local Population of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto
... The outer surface protein, OspC, is highly variable in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the agent of Lyme disease. We have shown that even within a single population OspC is highly variable. The ...
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in tick populations in Estonia
... of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu ...of Borrelia-positive ticks, followed by ...B. burgdorferi s.s. DNA in single I. ricinus ticks were detected. Borrelia afzelii, ...
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Culturing selects for specific genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in an enzootic cycle in Colorado
... Colorado, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, is maintained in an enzootic cycle between Ixodes spinipalpis ticks and Neotoma mexicana rats ...B. burgdorferi ...
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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
... von Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato festzustellen war, zeigten sich bei den MBK-Werten in sieben von zwölf möglichen Genospeziesvergleichen statistisch ...
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Search for blood or water is influenced by Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus
... The idea that a parasite can modify the phenotype of its host by changing the host perception of the environment and/or behaviour in order to complete its transmission cycle is intriguing. This phenomenon is well ...
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CspA from Borrelia burgdorferi Inhibits the Terminal Complement Pathway
... host, Borrelia burgdorferi controls the human im- mune attack and blocks the damaging effects of the activated complement ...serum-sensitive Borrelia garinii, blocks TCC assembly on the level of C7 ...
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Population Genetics Of Borrelia Burgdorferi In The Eastern And Midwestern United States
... borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi, has been described in contradictory terms as completely clonal (Dykhuizen et ...B. burgdorferi genomes were sequenced, researchers selected very divergent ...B. ...
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Geographical Features and Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Erzincan, Turkey
... the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato ...species: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (B. burgdorferi), ...which Borrelia continues its life cycle in natüre ...
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Rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi in ixodid ticks
... Nymphs and adults of hard-bodied ticks were collected in Connecticut and tested by direct and indirect immunofluorescence staining methods for rickettsiae and Borrelia burgdorferi.. Of t[r] ...
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First Isolation and Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato from Missouri
... Five Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates from Missouri are ...B. burgdorferi-specific outer surface protein A (OspA) (antibodies H3TS and H5332), ...B. burgdorferi-specific OspB (antibody ...
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Human Antibody Responses to VlsE Antigenic Variation Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi
... genus Borrelia, is an important emerging infection in the United States, Europe, and other ...by Borrelia burgdorferi (4, ...detect Borrelia DNA (2, 12, 18), and a “two-tiered system” for the ...
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Identification and characterization of an endoflagellar antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi
... of Borrelia burgdorferi is an immunodominant protein that is recognized early by antibodies in sera from Lyme disease patients and known to be associated with the ...B. burgdorferi whole-cell lysates ...
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Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally infected dogs after antibiotic treatment
... B. burgdorferi is susceptible to an- tibiotics in vitro (4, 14), there are contradictory reports as to the in vivo efficacy of ...B. burgdorferi occurs after antibiotic treat- ment of human patients (20, ...
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