Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi Antibodies in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Its Association with Disease Activity [PDF]
PathogensBackground and Aim: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by immune dysregulation. Environmental factors, including infectious agents, have been proposed to influence disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease.
Gokhan Aydin, Taner Akyol
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Monoinfections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia burgdorferi / Anaplasma phagocytophilum co-infections in forestry workers and farmers [PDF]
Medycyna Pracy, 2015 Background: The presence of co-infections induced by tick-borne pathogens in humans is an important epidemiological phenomenon. This issue has attracted growing attention of doctors and people working under conditions of an increased risk of being ...
Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak +4 more
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Hematological Features in Sheep with IgG and IgM Antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
Pathogens, 2021 Exposure of sheep to Borreliaburgdorferi sensulato (s.I.) complex, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis (LB), has been reported in tick-abundant areas worldwide, while no data have been reported in Greece.
Labrini V. Athanasiou +3 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 The genus Borrelia encompasses spirochetal species that are part of three well-defined groups. Two of these groups contain pathogens that affect humans: the group causing Lyme disease (LDG) and the relapsing fever group (RFG).
Lorys Y. Mancilla-Agrono +5 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) DNA was detected by PCR in Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, 1930, Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, 1844, Haemaphysalis japonica douglasi Nuttall et Warburton, 1915 and Dermacentor silvarum Olenev, 1932 ticks collected in the
Natalia M. Pukhovskaya +4 more
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Bird–Borrelia Interactions: A Historical Review and Their Significance for Human Disease Ecology [PDF]
MicroorganismsResearch increasingly identifies wild birds, particularly long-distance migratory species, as epidemiologically relevant hosts and vectors for tick-borne Borrelia species that pose risks to both avian and human health.
András P. Bózsik +2 more
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Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks in the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic [PDF]
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015 Introduction During 2008–2012, a total of 466 ticks Ixodes ricinus removed from humans were collected and tested for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl).
Ondřej Bonczek +3 more
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Molecular Typing ofBorrelia burgdorferi
Current Protocols in Microbiology, 2014 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a group of spirochetes belonging to the genus Borrelia in the family of Spirochaetaceae. The spirochete is transmitted between reservoirs and hosts by ticks of the family Ixodidae. Infection with B.
Guiqing Wang +2 more
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Risk of occupational infections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi among forestry workers and farmers
Medycyna Pracy, 2014 Background: The aim of the work was to analyze the incidence of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in forestry workers and farmers, major groups occupationally exposed to tick bites.
Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak +4 more
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Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018 Introduction During feeding, the tick sucks blood from the host along with the pathogens that are in the blood, simultaneously exchanging its own pathogens with the host. Humans can also be a host.
Edyta Gałęziowska +10 more
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