Borrelia afzelii
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Borrelia afzelii is a species of Borrelia[1] that can infect various species of vertebrate and invertebrates. Among thirty Borrelia known species, it is one of 4 which is likely to infect humans causing a variant of Lyme disease. It seems fairly common that coinfection combine this Borrelia species to another one or to other pathogens carried by the vector, which appears to be in most cases the tick.
References
- ↑ Bunikis J, Garpmo U, Tsao J, Berglund J, Fish D, Barbour AG (2004). "Sequence typing reveals extensive strain diversity of the Lyme borreliosis agents Borrelia burgdorferi in North America and Borrelia afzelii in Europe". Microbiology (Reading, Engl.). 150 (Pt 6): 1741–55. doi:10.1099/mic.0.26944-0. PMID 15184561. Unknown parameter
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