Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health

0364782 - BC 2012 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Rudenko, Natalia - Golovchenko, Maryna - Grubhoffer, Libor - Oliver, J. H., Jr.
Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health.
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Roč. 2, č. 3 (2011), s. 123-128. ISSN 1877-959X. E-ISSN 1877-9603
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Keywords : Spirochetes * Borrelia * Genetic diversity * Lyme borreliosis * Distribution * New species
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
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Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed bacteria that includes 18 named spirochete species and a still not named group proposed as genomospecies 2; the current number of described species is probably not final. Most of known species are considered to have a limited distribution - some were identified in and are strictly associated with Eurasia (B. afzelii, B. bavariensis, B. garinii, B. japonica, B. lusitaniae, B. sinica, B. spielmanii, B. tanukii, B. turdi, B. valaisiana, and B. yangtze), while other (B. americana, B. andersonii, B. californiensis, B. carolinensis, and B. kurtenbachii) were previously believed to be restricted to the USA only. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), B. bissettii, and B. carolinensis are present in both the Old and the New World. Out of the 18 genospecies, 3 commonly and 4 occasionally infect humans, causing Lyme borreliosis - a multisystem disease with a diversity of its clinical manifestations.
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