Borrelia burgdorferi
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| Borrelia burgdorferi |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Borrelia burgdorferi is species of bacteria of the spirochete class of the genus Borrelia. B. burgdorferi is predominant in North America, but also exists in Europe, and is the agent of Lyme disease.
It is a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks and is named after the researcher Willy Burgdorfer who first isolated the bacterium in 1982. B. burgdorferi is one of the few pathogenic bacteria that can survive without iron, having replaced all of its iron-sulphur cluster enzymes with enzymes that use manganese, thus avoiding the problem many pathogenic bacteria face in acquiring iron.
B. burgdorferi infections have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphomas.[1]
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![Histopathology showing Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/4/4c/Borrelia44.jpeg)
Histopathology showing Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, which is a host of ticks thatare known to carry the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, responsible for Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/3/37/Borrelia38.jpeg)
White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, which is a host of ticks thatare known to carry the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, responsible for Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![“Corkscrew-shaped” bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen responsible for causing Lyme disease (400x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/e/e4/Borrelia37.jpeg)
“Corkscrew-shaped” bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen responsible for causing Lyme disease (400x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Facial palsy caused by an infection by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and was subsequently diagnosed with Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/6/6c/Borrelia36.png)
Facial palsy caused by an infection by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and was subsequently diagnosed with Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/f/f7/Borrelia25.jpeg)
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/a/ab/Borrelia26.jpeg)
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![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/a/a0/Borrelia20.jpeg)
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![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/f/fc/Borrelia21.jpeg)
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture.From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/b/b8/Borrelia22.jpeg)
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture.From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/7/75/Borrelia23.jpeg)
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2] -
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/1/1d/Borrelia24.jpeg)
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
![Histopathology showing Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes in Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia44.jpeg)
![White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, which is a host of ticks thatare known to carry the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, responsible for Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia38.jpeg)
![“Corkscrew-shaped” bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen responsible for causing Lyme disease (400x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia37.jpeg)
![Facial palsy caused by an infection by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and was subsequently diagnosed with Lyme disease. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia36.png)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia25.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia26.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia20.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia21.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture.From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia22.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia23.jpeg)
![Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria derived from a pure culture. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Borrelia24.jpeg)
References
- ↑ Guidoboni M, Ferreri AJ, Ponzoni M, Doglioni C, Dolcetti R (2006). "Infectious agents in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-type lymphomas: pathogenic role and therapeutic perspectives". Clinical lymphoma & myeloma. 6 (4): 289–300. PMID 16507206.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".
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