Lyme borreliosis is caused by certain genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
complex, which are transmitted by hard ticks of the genus Ixodes. The most common clinical …

Rodents are the most abundant and diversified order of living mammals in the world.
Already since the Middle Ages we know that they can contribute to human disease, as black …

Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-transmitted disease in the northern hemisphere
and is caused by spirochaetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi species complex. A complete …

SUMMARY A large amount of knowledge has been acquired since the original descriptions
of Lyme borreliosis (LB) and of its causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. The …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed
bacteria that includes 18 named spirochete species and a still not named group proposed …

Since the discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete in North America in 1982 and in Europe
in 1983, a plethora of studies on this unique group of spirochetes that comprise Borrelia …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the spirochete that causes human Lyme borreliosis (LB), is a
genetically and phenotypically divergent species. In the past several years, various …

Lyme disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster
of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently …

Lyme borrelosis is a multi-systemic disease caused byBorrelia burgdorferisensu lato. A
complete presentation of the disease is an extremely unusual oberservation, in which a skin …

Lyme disease begins at the site of a tick bite, producing a primary infection with spread of
the organism to secondary sites occurring early in the course of infection. A major outer …