- Lyme disease is an arthropod borne disease that uses ticks as a vector for transmission and is caused by the spirochete bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.
- Borrelia burgdorferi is a gram-negative bacterial species of the spirochete class in the genus Borrelia, and is one of the causative agents of Lyme disease in humans.
- Hastalık etkeni olan Borrelia türleri coğrafik bölgelere göre farklı dağılım gösterir; ABD’de B. burgdorferi sensu lato, Avrupa ülkelerinde ise B. afzelii, B. garinii, B...
- ¾ B. burgdorferi sensu lato, Trakya ve Karadeniz Sahilleri’nde görülürken. ¾ Özellikle Borrelia valaisiana and Borrelia garinii (Asya tipi) gibi Borrelia türlerinin...
- B. burgdorferi sl (a total of 12 species) belongs to the genus Borrelia, family Spirochaetaceae. According to current knowledge, four species are...
- Borrelia burgdorferi was initially defined as a new species of the genus Borrelia in 1984 based on the characterization of other species of the same genus.
- Borrelia burgdorferi aktif olarak hareketlidir ve sarmal, gram negatif bir bakteridir.Sadece birkaç dönüşe ve 0.3 mikrometrelik bir çapa sahiptir.
- Lyme hastalığı, Borrelia burgdorferi olarak isimlendirilen bir bakteri nedeniyle meydana gelen bir enfeksiyon hastalığıdır.
- Borrelia burgdorferi is a pathogenic spirochete responsible for Lyme disease via a tick vector.
- In Europe, two different species of borrelia — Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii — are more common than Borrelia burgdorferi as a cause of Lyme disease.