Borrelia hermsii
Borrelia hermsii
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Borrelia hermsii | |
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Borrelia hermsii (green) on red blood cells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Spirochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. hermsii |
Binomial name | |
Borrelia hermsii (Davis, 1942) Steinhaus, 1946 | |
Borrelia hermsii is a spirochete bacterium that has been implicated as a cause of tick-borne relapsing fever.[1][2][3] It is spread by the soft-bodied tick Ornithodoros hermsi.[4]
References[edit]
^ Schwan, Tom G.; Policastro, Paul F.; Miller, Zachary; Thompson, Robert L.; Damrow, Todd; Keirans, James E. (September 2003). "Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (9): 1151–1154. doi:10.3201/eid0909.030280. PMC 3016790. PMID 14519254..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever : Article by Jonathan A Edlow". Retrieved 2008-11-09.
^ Dai Q, Restrepo BI, Porcella SF, Raffel SJ, Schwan TG, Barbour AG (June 2006). "Antigenic variation by Borrelia hermsii occurs through recombination between extragenic repetitive elements on linear plasmids". Molecular Microbiology. 60 (6): 1329–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05177.x. PMID 16796672.
^ Schwan TG, Raffel SJ, Schrumpf ME, et al. (July 2009). "Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15 (7): 1026–1031. doi:10.3201/eid1507.090223. PMC 2744237. PMID 19624916.
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