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Culture and identification of Borrelia spirochetes in human vaginal and seminal secretions [version 3; referees: 2 approved, 2 not approved]

F1000Research, 2015
Background: Recent reports indicate that more than 300,000 cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed yearly in the USA. Preliminary clinical, epidemiological and immunological studies suggest that infection with the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
Marianne J. Middelveen, Jennie Burke, Eva Sapi, Cheryl Bandoski, Katherine R. Filush, Yean Wang, Agustin Franco, Arun Timmaraju, Hilary A. Schlinger, Peter J. Mayne, Raphael B. Stricker   +10 more
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The association between gingivitis and oral spirochetes in young cats and dogs.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Although gingivitis frequently occurs in young cats, spirochetes are often found in the early stages of periodontal disease. This study was conducted to determine the association between gingivitis and oral spirochetes in young cats and dogs.
Seiya Yamaki, Masato Tachibana, Hisae Hachimura, Masao Ogawa, Shinya Kanegae, Hirokazu Amimoto, Takashi Shimizu, Kenta Watanabe, Masahisa Watarai, Akiteru Amimoto   +9 more
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Alzheimer's disease - a neurospirochetosis. Analysis of the evidence following Koch's and Hill's criteria

Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2011
It is established that chronic spirochetal infection can cause slowly progressive dementia, brain atrophy and amyloid deposition in late neurosyphilis.
Miklossy Judith
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The genus Borrelia reloaded.

PLoS ONE, 2018
The genus Borrelia, originally described by Swellengrebel in 1907, contains tick- or louse-transmitted spirochetes belonging to the relapsing fever (RF) group of spirochetes, the Lyme borreliosis (LB) group of spirochetes and spirochetes that form ...
Gabriele Margos, Alex Gofton, Daniel Wibberg, Alexandra Dangel, Durdica Marosevic, Siew-May Loh, Charlotte Oskam, Volker Fingerle   +7 more
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Structural Elucidation of a Protective B Cell Epitope on Outer Surface Protein C (OspC) of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borreliella burgdorferi

mBio, 2023
Outer surface protein C (OspC) plays a pivotal role in mediating tick-to-host transmission and infectivity of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borreliella burgdorferi.
Michael J. Rudolph, Simon A. Davis, H. M. Emranul Haque, David D. Weis, David J. Vance, Carol Lyn Piazza, Monir Ejemel, Lisa Cavacini, Yang Wang, M. Lamine Mbow, Robert D. Gilmore, Nicholas J. Mantis   +11 more
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An Unusual Case of Tertiary Syphilis Behaving Like Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma. [PDF]

, 2018
Syphilis may present with a myriad of oral manifestations in the primary, secondary, and tertiary stages, and may be confused with malignancy. Despite a rise in the incidence of syphilis, tertiary syphilis is exceedingly rare.
Farwell, D Gregory, Kuhn, Brooks T, Solis, Roberto N   +2 more
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Modeling the effects of variable feeding patterns of larval ticks on the transmission of Borrelia lusitaniae and Borrelia afzelii [PDF]

, 2017
Spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdoferi sensu lato (sl) group cause Lyme Borreliosis (LB), which is the most commonly reported vector-borne zoonosis in Europe. B. burgdorferi sl is maintained in nature in a complex cycle involving Ixodes ricinus
Bertolotti, Luigi, Ferreri, Luca, Giacobini, Mario, Mannelli, Alessandro, Perazzo, Silvia, Venturino, Ezio   +5 more
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Treponema denticola interactions with host proteins

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2012
Oral Treponema species, most notably T. denticola, are implicated in the destructive effects of human periodontal disease. Progress in the molecular analysis of interactions between T.
J. Christopher Fenno
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Structural Analysis of the Outer Membrane Lipoprotein BBA14 (OrfD) and the Corresponding Paralogous Gene Family 143 (PFam143) from Borrelia burgdorferi

Pathogens, 2022
Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which can be transmitted to a mammalian host when infected Ixodes ticks feed. B. burgdorferi has many unique characteristics, such as the presence of at least 130 different lipoproteins ...
Inara Akopjana, Kalvis Brangulis
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected from Kaylaka Park in Pleven, Bulgaria

Microorganisms, 2022
We aimed to determine the presence and distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from urbanized and wild areas in Kaylaka Park (Bulgaria).
Alexander Blazhev, Iskren Stanilov, Lyuba Dineva Miteva, Milena Atanasova, Svetla Blazheva, Spaska Stanilova   +5 more
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