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Diagnostic value of PCR analysis of synovial fluid for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis in dogs [PDF]

Науковий вісник ветеринарної медицини, 2023
Lyme borreliosis, also known as Lyme disease, is a chronic multiorgan disease of humans and animals transmitted by ticks of the Ixodidae family and caused by a group of spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.
Panteleienko O., Tsarenko T.
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Prevalence of G class antibodies to antigens of lyme disease causes in dogs in Vojvodina, Serbia [PDF]

Veterinarski Glasnik, 2013
Lyme disease is a multisystemic disease, zoonotic in nature, caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. In the continent of Europe, these spirochetes are predominantly transmitted by ticks of the genus Ixodes. Small mammals and birds
Potkonjak Aleksandar, Savić Sara, Vračar Vuk, Rnjak Dušan, Tikvicki Mario, Obrenović Sonja, Lako Branislav   +6 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis: life in the wilds

Parasite, 2008
In Europe, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) the agent of Lyme borreliosis circulates in endemic areas between Ixodes ricinus ticks and a large number of vertebrate hosts upon which ticks feed.
Gern L.
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Investigating BB0405 as a novel Borrelia afzelii vaccination candidate in Lyme borreliosis

Scientific Reports, 2021
BB0405 is a surface exposed Borrelia burgdorferi protein and its vaccination protected mice against B. burgdorferi infection. As BB0405 is highly conserved across different B.
M. J. Klouwens, J. J. Trentelman, J. I. Ersoz, F. Nieves Marques Porto, R. Sima, O. Hajdusek, M. Thakur, U. Pal, J. W. Hovius   +8 more
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The Role of Ticks in the Emergence of Borrelia burgdorferi as a Zoonotic Pathogen and Its Vector Control: A Global Systemic Review

Microorganisms, 2021
Ticks are widely distributed across the globe, serving as hosts for numerous pathogens that make them major contributors to zoonotic parasitosis. Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species that causes an emerging zoonotic tick-borne disease known as ...
Sabir Hussain, Abrar Hussain, Umair Aziz, Baolin Song, Jehan Zeb, David George, Jun Li, Olivier Sparagano   +7 more
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The urokinase receptor (uPAR) facilitates clearance of Borrelia burgdorferi. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
The causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has been shown to induce expression of the urokinase receptor (uPAR); however, the role of uPAR in the immune response against Borrelia has never been investigated.
Joppe W R Hovius, Maarten F Bijlsma, Gerritje J W van der Windt, W Joost Wiersinga, Bastiaan J D Boukens, Jeroen Coumou, Anneke Oei, Regina de Beer, Alex F de Vos, Cornelis van 't Veer, Alje P van Dam, Penghua Wang, Erol Fikrig, Marcel M Levi, Joris J T H Roelofs, Tom van der Poll   +15 more
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Phylogeography of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes spinipalpis ticks highlights differential acarological risk of tick-borne disease transmission in northern versus southern California.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The common human-biting tick, Ixodes pacificus, is the primary vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss) in western North America and has been found to harbor other closely-related spirochetes in the Borrelia ...
Ian Rose, Melissa Hardstone Yoshimizu, Denise L Bonilla, Natalia Fedorova, Robert S Lane, Kerry A Padgett   +5 more
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Borrelia Infections in Ageing Ticks: Relationship with Morphometric Age Ratio in Field-Collected Ixodes ricinus Nymphs

Microorganisms, 2022
In Europe, Ixodes ricinus plays a major role as a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) spirochaetes, the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis, among other pathogens.
Andrea Springer, Daniela Jordan, Antje Glass, Olaf Kahl, Volker Fingerle, Philipp Girl, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Christina Strube   +7 more
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The role of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in scleroderma

Rheumatology, 2014
Borrelia burgdorferi , a Gram-negative, spiral-shaped bacterium transmitted to humans via tick bites, is the etiologic agent of borreliosis (Lyme disease) with diverse clinical manifestations. There are several types of pathological lesions in the course
Żaneta Smoleńska, Anna Masiak, Adrian Strzelecki, Zbigniew Zdrojewski   +3 more
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Lyme borreliosis: Epidemiology, clinical manifestations and treatment [PDF]

Arhiv za farmaciju, 2015
Lyme borreliosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. In Europe, the main aetiological agents are Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii and B.
Veinović Gorana, Stojić-Vukanić Zorica, Antić-Stanković Jelena   +2 more
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