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<i>Borrelia</i>Outer Membrane Surface Proteins and Transmission Through the Tick
23 Feb 2004
Abstract excerpt
Pathogens of the bacterial genus Borrelia differ from fellow spirochetes, Treponema and Leptospira , in their use of arthropod vectors for transmission between warm-blooded hosts. The agents of relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis and Borrelia hermsii , are transmitted by lice and fast-feeding soft ticks, respectively, whereas the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi ( Bb ), is transmitted to human...
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