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Individualisation of two new genomic groups among AmericanBorrelia burgdorferisensu lato strains [PDF]

FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1994
We developed a quick typing method for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains using a fla gene-based PCR assay, followed by dot blot hybridization with non-radioactive species-specific probes. Thirty-six out of 46 strains belonged to one of the four described species (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto n = 11, B. garinii n = 11, B.
M V, Assous, D, Postic, G, Paul, P, Névot, G, Baranton   +4 more
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Complement factor H-related proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 represent novel ligands for the infection-associated CRASP proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]

, 2010
Background: One virulence property of Borrelia burgdorferi is its resistance to innate immunity, in particular to complement-mediated killing. Serum-resistant B.
Teresia Hallström, Hallström Teresia, Christine Skerka, Beckhaus Tobias, Skerka, Christine, Karas Michael, Hannes Eberhardt, Michael Karas, Barbara Uzonyi, Corinna Siegel, Kraiczy Peter, Eberhardt, Hannes, Uzonyi Barbara, Zipfel, Peter F., Beckhaus, Tobias, Peter Kraiczy, Karas, Michael (Prof. Dr.), Stevenson, Brian, Peter F Zipfel, Stevenson Brian, Uzonyi, Barbara, Brian Stevenson, Peter F. Zipfel, Siegel, Corinna, Hallström, Teresia, Kraiczy, Peter, Tobias Beckhaus, Eberhardt Hannes, Skerka Christine, Wallich, Reinhard, Zipfel Peter F., Reinhard Wallich, Siegel Corinna, Karas, Michael, Wallich Reinhard   +34 more
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Contribution of the infection-associated complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 4 (ErpC) to complement resistance of Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]

, 2012
Borrelia burgdorferi evades complement-mediated killing by interacting with complement regulators through distinct complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins (CRASPs).
Teresia Hallström, Peter F. Zipfel, Zipfel, Peter F, Christine Skerka, Hallström, Teresia, Kraiczy, Peter, Skerka, Christine, Claudia Hammerschmidt, Wallich, Reinhard, Hammerschmidt, Claudia, Zipfel, Peter F., Reinhard Wallich, Peter Kraiczy, Stevenson, Brian, Brian Stevenson   +14 more
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BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETES: UNIQUE BACTERIA OF THE BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SPECIES GROUP [PDF]

Biomedical Papers, 2007
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a group of at least twelve closely related species some of which are responsible for Lyme disease, the most frequent zoonosis in Europe and the USA. Many of the biological features of Borrelia are unique in prokaryotes and very interesting not only from the medical viewpoint but also from the view of molecular biology.
Michal, Krupka, Milan, Raska, Jana, Belakova, Milada, Horynova, Radko, Novotny, Evzen, Weigl   +5 more
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Early production of IL-22 but not IL-17 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to live Borrelia burgdorferi: the role of monocytes and interleukin-1 [PDF]

, 2010
If insufficiently treated, Lyme borreliosis can evolve into an inflammatory disorder affecting skin, joints, and the CNS. Early innate immunity may determine host responses targeting infection. Thus, we sought to characterize the immediate cytokine storm
Nicole Darsow, Kind, Peter, Rudloff, Ina, Klaus-Peter Hunfeld, Katharina Horn, Itamar Goren, Urs Christen, Kraiczy Peter, Horn Katharina, Pfeilschifter, Josef (Prof. Dr.), Mühl Heiko, Koehl Ulrike, Peter Kind, Goren Itamar, Pfeilschifter, Josef, Peter Kraiczy, Rudloff Ina, Goren, Itamar, Mühl, Heiko, Darsow, Nicole, Christen Urs, Kraiczy, Peter, Christen, Urs, Holdener, Martin, Horn, Katharina, Hunfeld, Klaus-Peter, Ulrike Koehl, Hunfeld Klaus-Peter, Heiko Mühl, Ina Rudloff, Malte Bachmann, Martin Holdener, Holdener Martin, Koehl, Ulricke, Bachmann Malte, Darsow Nicole, Kind Peter, Köhl, Ulrike, Josef Pfeilschifter, Bachmann, Malte, Pfeilschifter Josef   +40 more
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Detection of Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii and group VS116 by PCR in skin biopsies of patients with erythema migrans and acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 1997
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures using skin biopsies of 20 erythema migrans (EM) and 24 acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) patients. METHODS: One assay amplified a fragment of the outer surface protein (Osp) A gene. The second method amplified the spacer region between the 5S and
Rijpkema, Sjoerd G.T., Tazelaar, Dig J., Molkenboer, Marc J.C.H., Noordhoek, Gerda T., Plantinga, Grietsje, Schouls, Leo M., Schellekens, Joop F.P.   +6 more
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Borrelia recurrentis employs a novel multifunctional surface protein with anti-complement, anti-opsonic and invasive potential to escape innate immunity [PDF]

, 2009
Borrelia recurrentis, the etiologic agent of louse-borne relapsing fever in humans, has evolved strategies, including antigenic variation, to evade immune defence, thereby causing severe diseases with high mortality rates.
Schott, Melanie, Sonja Grosskinsky, Markus M. Simon, Grosskinsky, Sonja, Cutler, Sally J., Schott, M., Simon, M., Kraiczy, P., Zipfel, Peter F., Grosskinsky, S., Peter Kraiczy, Sally J Cutler, Peter F Zipfel, Peter F. Zipfel, Brenner, Christiane, Wallich, R., Kraiczy, Peter, Brenner, C., Christiane Brenner, Simon, Markus M., Markus M Simon, Wallich, Reinhard, Sally J. Cutler, Reinhard Wallich, Cutler, S., Zipfel, P., Melanie Schott   +26 more
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Molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in questing Ixodes ricinus from northwestern Spain

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Ixodes ricinus, the predominant tick species in Europe, can transmit the causative agents of important human diseases such as Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia spirochetes.
Pablo Díaz, Jose Luis Arnal, Susana Remesar, Ana Pérez-Creo, José Manuel Venzal, María Esther Vázquez-López, Alberto Prieto, Gonzalo Fernández, Ceferino Manuel López, Rosario Panadero, Alfredo Benito, Pablo Díez-Baños, Patrocinio Morrondo   +12 more
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Seropositivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in Risky Groups in Van Region, Turkey

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni, 2015
Lyme borreliosis, which is more prevalent in the northern hemisphere, is the most common tick-borne contagious disease among people living in the North America and Europe. The causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted by the bites of ticks of the genus Ixodes. In Turkey, the seroprevalence of Lyme disease is increased in
BERKTAŞ, Mustafa, Bayram, Yasemin, Parlak, Mehmet, CEYLAN, Nesrin, Cikman, Aytekin   +4 more
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Structural characterisation of outer membrane proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by small-angle X-ray scattering [PDF]

, 2016
Forming the interface between the bacterial cell and the host, the outer membrane of Borrelia is known to play a key role in pathogenicity. Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are considered to be Gram-negative, their outer membrane is unique ...
Stejskal, Lenka
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