Interaction of variable bacterial outer membrane lipoproteins with brain endothelium. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Previously we reported that the variable outer membrane lipoprotein Vsp1 from the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae disseminates from blood to brain better than the closely related Vsp2 [1].
Gaurav Gandhi +6 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 +14 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 +10 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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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 +4 more
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Structure-function investigation of vsp serotypes of the spirochete Borrelia hermsii.
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundRelapsing fever (RF) spirochetes are notable for multiphasic antigenic variation of polymorphic outer membrane lipoproteins, a phenomenon responsible for immune evasion. An additional role in tissue localization is suggested by the finding that
Rohit Mehra +4 more
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Genome Sequence of Borrelia parkeri, an Agent of Enzootic Relapsing Fever in Western North America [PDF]
, 2014 Borrelia parkeri is a relapsing fever agent that rarely causes human infection, unlike other North American species. B. parkeri strain HR1 was isolated from Ornithodoros parkeri ticks.
Miller, Shelley Campeau, Barbour, Alan G
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Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae [PDF]
Molecular Microbiology, 1999 The relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae has two antigenically distinct serotypes, A and B, which differ in their variable small proteins (Vsps) and in their degree of virulence and neurotropism in mice. Each Vsp gene (vspA or vspB) had an expression‐linked copy that was unique to the serotype expressing it.
P M, Penningon +4 more
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Detection of B. turicatae and rGlpQ by western blot. [PDF]
, 2019 The patient’s serum sample was used for immunoblotting using B. turicatae (B. tur) protein lysate, purified rGlpQ, and rBipA (A). A patient’s serum sample without a clinical history of relapsing fever or contact with the vector was used as a negative ...
Mónica C. Mercado-Uribe (6580463) +6 more
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¿Borrelia spp. patógenos olvidados o emergentes?: una aproximación desde su asociación con pequeños mamíferos silvestres en Caldas, Colombia [PDF]
, 2022 Ilustraciones, mapas, fotosspa:El género Borrelia está compuesto por espiroquetas que hacen parte de tres grupos filogenéticos en los que se destacan el grupo de la enfermedad de Lyme (GBL) y el grupo de las fiebres recurrentes (GFR) que infectan a ...
Banguero Micolta, Lizeth Fernanda +1 more
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