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Characterisation of silent and active genes for a variable large protein of Borrelia recurrentis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2002
We report the characterisation of the variable large protein (vlp) gene expressed by clinical isolate A1 of Borrelia recurrentis; the agent of the life-threatening disease louse-borne relapsing fever.The major vlp protein of this isolate was characterised and a DNA probe created.
Scragg Ian G, Cutler Sally, Vidal Vincent, Wright David JM, Kwiatkowski Dominic   +4 more
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Phagocytosis of Borrelia recurrentis by blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes is enhanced by antibiotic treatment [PDF]

Infection and Immunity, 1980
The removal of Borrelia spirochetes from the blood in relapsing fever was studied by examining patients' blood phagocytic cells with the Dieterle silver stain. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes ingested Borrelia at increased rates for several hours after antibiotic treatment, during which time the total numbers of circulating plasma spirochetes were ...
T, Butler, M, Aikawa, A, Habte-Michael, C, Wallace   +3 more
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Laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne African relapsing fevers: latest developments

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
In Africa, relapsing fevers caused by ectoparasite-borne Borrelia species are transmitted by ticks, with the exception of Borrelia recurrentis, which is a louse-borne spirochete.
Aurélien eFotso Fotso, Michel eDRANCOURT   +1 more
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Novel approaches for the serodiagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) caused by B. recurrentis is a poverty-related and neglected infectious disease with an endemic focus in the Horn of Africa.
Florian Röttgerding, John Njeru, Elif Schlüfter, Andreas Latz, Rouzbeh Mahdavi, Ulrich Steinhoff, Sally J. Cutler, Silke Besier, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Volker Fingerle, Peter Kraiczy   +10 more
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BORRELIA RECURRENTIS AS A CAUSE OF HIGH GRADE FEVER IN RAWALAKOT, AZAD KASHMIR

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2006
Background: A descriptive study was conducted at Combined Military Hospital Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir to determine the frequency of Borrelia recurrentis. Patients and Methods: Both out door and indoor cases were included. A total of 80 febrile patients
Nasrullah Malik, Tariq Butt, Irfan ul Bari, Irfan Zafar Haider   +3 more
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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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Immune Evasion Strategies of Relapsing Fever Spirochetes

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Relapsing fever (RF) is claimed a neglected arthropod-borne disease caused by a number of diverse human pathogenic Borrelia (B.) species. These RF borreliae are separated into the groups of tick-transmitted species including B. duttonii, B.
Florian Röttgerding, Peter Kraiczy
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Tick‐borne relapsing fever as a potential veterinary medical problem

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 271-279, November 2018., 2018
Tick‐Borne Relapsing Fever is emerging as an important veterinary medical problem. Abstract Tick‐borne relapsing fever (TBRF) caused by the bacteria Borrelia, is poorly documented in veterinary medicine. Given the widespread presence of the soft tick vectors – Ornithodoros and the recently discovered hard tick vectors, as well as their close ...
Nusirat Elelu
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Characterization of the Inflammatory Moiety of a Variable Major Lipoprotein of Borrelia recurrentis [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000
Louse-borne relapsing fever, caused by Borrelia recurrentis, provides one of the best documented examples of the causative role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the pathology of severe infection in humans. We have identified the principal TNF-inducing factor of B. recurrentis as a variable major lipoprotein (Vmp).
I G, Scragg, D, Kwiatkowski, V, Vidal, A, Reason, T, Paxton, M, Panico, A, Dell, H, Morris   +7 more
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Body lice and bed bug co-infestation in an emergency department patient, Ohio, USA

IDCases, 2020
Body lice and bed bugs are hematophagous insects that parasitize humans. Body lice are established vectors of several bacterial pathogens (e.g. Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis).
Jose E. Pietri, Justin A. Yax, Diing D.M. Agany, Etienne Z. Gnimpieba, Johnathan M. Sheele   +4 more
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