Borrelia hermsii
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| Borrelia hermsii | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Spirochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. hermsii |
Borrelia hermsii is a species of Borrelia.[1]
It can be associated with relapsing fever.[2][3][4]
It can infect Ornithodoros hermsi.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Samuels DS; Radolf, JD (editors) (2010). Borrelia: Molecular Biology, Host Interaction and Pathogenesis. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-58-5.
- ^ "CDC - Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana". Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ "eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever : Article by Jonathan A Edlow". Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ^ Dai Q, Restrepo BI, Porcella SF, Raffel SJ, Schwan TG, Barbour AG (June 2006). "Antigenic variation by Borrelia hermsii occurs through recombination between extragenic repetitive elements on linear plasmids". Molecular microbiology 60 (6): 1329–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05177.x. PMID 16796672.
- ^ Schwan TG, Raffel SJ, Schrumpf ME, et al. (July 2009). "Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA". Emerging Infect. Dis. 15 (7): 1026–31. doi:10.3201/eid1507.090223. PMC 2744237. PMID 19624916.
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