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Identifying Relapsing Fever Borrelia, Senegal

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We describe a nested polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Borrelia species from serum of patients with unidentified fevers. This technique, based on single nucleotide polymorphisms of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, was used to test blood ...
Hamoud Brahim, Jean David Perrier-Gros-Claude, Danielle Postic, Guy Baranton, Ronan Jambou   +4 more
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Investigation of erythema migrans patients identifies Borrelia species and Neoehrlichia mikurensis with implications for clinical assessment

Scientific Reports
Emerging tick-borne infections pose public health challenges and may complicate treatment decisions. The EMBio study, a multicenter observational study, aims to describe erythema migrans (EM), an early localized manifestation of Borrelia burgdorferi ...
Samuel Cronhjort, Peter Wilhelmsson, Ivar Tjernberg, Mattias Waldeck, Anna J. Henningsson, Chris Anderson, Pia Forsberg, Per-Eric Lindgren   +7 more
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Mechanism of Borrelia immune evasion by FhbA-related proteins. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2022
Immune evasion facilitates survival of Borrelia, leading to infections like relapsing fever and Lyme disease. Important mechanism for complement evasion is acquisition of the main host complement inhibitor, factor H (FH). By determining the 2.2 Å crystal
Konstantin Kogan, Karita Haapasalo, Tommi Kotila, Robin Moore, Pekka Lappalainen, Adrian Goldman, Taru Meri   +6 more
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Granuloma Annulare and Morphea: Correlation with Borrelia burgdorferi Infections and Chlamydia-related Bacteria [PDF]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2017
A retrospective study of 109 skin biopsies with granuloma annulare (GA) or morphea histology from patients with suspected tick bite was performed. Biopsies were tested for cutaneous Borrelia burgdorferi DNA using PCR.
Lauri Tolkki, Kati Hokynar, Seppo Meri, Jaana Panelius, Mirja Puolakkainen, Annamari Ranki   +5 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi BipA-like protein, BipM, is a candidate serodiagnostic antigen distinguishing between Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia infections

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
A Borrelia miyamotoi gene with partial homology to bipA of relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae was identified by a GenBank basic alignment search analysis.
Kevin S. Brandt, Brittany A. Armstrong, Irina Goodrich, Robert D. Gilmore   +3 more
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Population dynamics of Borrelia burgdorferi in Lyme disease

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Many chronic inflammatory diseases are known to be caused by persistent bacterial or viral infections. A well-studied example is the tick-borne infection by the gram-negative Spirochaetes of the genus Borrelia in humans and other mammals, causing severe ...
Sebastian Christoph Binder, Arndt eTelschow, Michael eMeyer-Hermann, Michael eMeyer-Hermann   +3 more
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Prevalence of Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp. in Vectors, Animals, and Humans within a One Health Approach in Mediterranean Countries

Pathogens
The genus Borrelia has been divided into Borreliella spp., which can cause Lyme Disease (LD), and Borrelia spp., which can cause Relapsing Fever (RF). The distribution of genus Borrelia has broadened due to factors such as climate change, alterations in ...
Myrto Koutantou, Michel Drancourt, Emmanouil Angelakis   +2 more
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Tick-borne zoonotic flaviviruses and Borrelia infections in wildlife hosts: What have field studies contributed? [PDF]

One Health
International audienceTick-borne flaviviruses and Borrelia spp. are globally spread pathogens of zoonotic potential that are maintained by a transmission cycle at the interface between ticks and vertebrate hosts, mainly wild animals.
Poisson A, Boulinier T, Bournez L, Gonzalez G, Migné CV, Moutailler S, Faivre B, Métras R.   +7 more
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Localised Morphea Treated Empirically with Ceftriaxone [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Localised morphea is an autoimmune sclerosing disorder of unknown aetiology. Various triggering factors are known to be associated with the disease including infections, vaccination, autoimmune disorders, and trauma.
Deena Patil, Madivalara Yallappa Suparna, Shruthi Madhavi Govindarajulu, Tharayil Kunneth Sumathy   +3 more
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The AxBioTick Study: Borrelia Species and Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ticks, and Clinical Responses in Tick-Bitten Individuals on the Aland Islands, Finland

Microorganisms, 2023
The AxBioTick study was initiated to investigate the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens and their impact on antibody and clinical responses in tick-bitten individuals on the Aland Islands.
Nellie Carlströmer Berthén, Eszter Tompa, Susanne Olausson, Clara Nyberg, Dag Nyman, Malin Ringbom, Linda Perander, Joel Svärd, Per-Eric Lindgren, Pia Forsberg, Peter Wilhelmsson, Johanna Sjöwall, Marika Nordberg   +12 more
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