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Phylogenetic Analysis of the SpirochetesBorrelia parkeriandBorrelia turicataeand the Potential for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Florida [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2005
ABSTRACTIsolates ofBorrelia turicatae,Borrelia parkeri, and the Florida canine borrelia (FCB) were examined to further phylogenetically characterize the identities of these spirochetes in the United States. DNA sequences of four chromosomal loci (the 16S rRNA gene,flaB,gyrB, andglpQ) were determined for eight isolates ofB. turicataeand six isolates ofB.
Tom G, Schwan, Sandra J, Raffel, Merry E, Schrumpf, Paul F, Policastro, Julie A, Rawlings, Robert S, Lane, Edward B, Breitschwerdt, Stephen F, Porcella   +7 more
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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

Lengths of Orthologous Prokaryotic Proteins Are Affected by Evolutionary Factors

BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Proteins of the same functional family (for example, kinases) may have significantly different lengths. It is an open question whether such variation in length is random or it appears as a response to some unknown evolutionary driving factors. The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate existence of factors affecting prokaryotic gene lengths.
Tatiana Tatarinova, Bilal Salih, Jennifer Dien Bard, Irit Cohen, Alexander Bolshoy, Vassily Lyubetsky   +5 more
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Role of Interleukin 10 during Persistent Infection with the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia turicatae [PDF]

The American Journal of Pathology, 2007
Relapsing fever is an infection characterized by peaks of spirochetemia attributable to antibody selection against variable serotypes. In the absence of B cells, serotypes cannot be cleared, resulting in persistent infection. We previously identified differences in spirochetemia and disease severity during persistent infection of severe combined ...
Harald, Gelderblom, Jens, Schmidt, Diana, Londoño, Yunhong, Bai, Jacqueline, Quandt, Ron, Hornung, Adriana, Marques, Roland, Martin, Diego, Cadavid   +8 more
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Surveillance for Borrelia spp. in Upland Game Birds in Pennsylvania, USA

Veterinary Sciences, 2020
The Borrelia genus contains two major clades, the Lyme borreliosis group, which includes the causative agents of Lyme disease/borreliosis (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto and other related B.
Christopher A. Cleveland, Liandrie Swanepoel, Justin D. Brown, Mary Jo Casalena, Lisa Williams, Michael J. Yabsley   +5 more
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Assessment of the Geographic Distribution of Ornithodoros turicata (Argasidae): Climate Variation and Host Diversity. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BACKGROUND:Ornithodoros turicata is a veterinary and medically important argasid tick that is recognized as a vector of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae and African swine fever virus. Historic collections of O.
Taylor G Donaldson, Adalberto A Pèrez de León, Andrew Y Li, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Edward Wozniak, William K Boyle, Reid Hargrove, Hannah K Wilder, Hee J Kim, Pete D Teel, Job E Lopez   +10 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, Schott Melanie, Kraiczy Peter, Grosskinsky Sonja, Simon Markus M., Cutler Sally J., Zipfel Peter F., Brenner Christiane, Wallich Reinhard   +34 more
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Synanthropic Mammals as Potential Hosts of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Panama.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Synanthropic wild mammals can be important hosts for many vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. The aim of this study was determine the exposure of synanthropic mammals to two types of tick-borne pathogens in Panama, spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and ...
Sergio E Bermúdez, Nicole Gottdenker, Aparna Krishnvajhala, Amy Fox, Hannah K Wilder, Kadir González, Diorene Smith, Marielena López, Milixa Perea, Chystrie Rigg, Santiago Montilla, José E Calzada, Azael Saldaña, Carlos M Caballero, Job E Lopez   +14 more
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Mapping the ligand-binding region of Borrelia hermsii fibronectin-binding protein. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Many pathogenic microorganisms express fibronectin-binding molecules that facilitate their adherence to the extracellular matrix and/or entry into mammalian cells.
Christiane Brenner, Katharina Bomans, Jüri Habicht, Markus M Simon, Reinhard Wallich   +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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