Biology:Borrelia recurrentis

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Borrelia recurrentis
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Photomicrographic view of a culture specimen showing Borrelia recurrentis bacteria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. recurrentis
Binomial name
Borrelia recurrentis
(Lebert, 1874) Bergey et al., 1925

Borrelia recurrentis is a species of Borrelia, a spirochaete bacterium associated with relapsing fever.[1][2] B. recurrentis is usually transmitted from person to person by the human body louse.[3] Since the 1800s, the body louse has been known as its only known vector.[4]

B. recurrentis DNA was found in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined.[4]

It is notable for its ability to alter the proteins expressed on its surface, which causes the "relapsing" characteristic of relapsing fever.[5]

References

  1. "Borrelia recurrentis characterization and comparison with relapsing-fever, Lyme-associated, and other Borrelia spp". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47 (4): 958–68. October 1997. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-958. PMID 9336893. 
  2. "Relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii acquire complement regulators C4b-binding protein and factor H". Infection and Immunity 74 (7): 4157–63. July 2006. doi:10.1128/IAI.00007-06. PMID 16790790. 
  3. Madigan, Michael T.; Martinko, John M. (2006). Brock biology of microorganisms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 410. ISBN 0-13-144329-1. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Boutellis, AExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2013). "Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia". Emerg Infect Dis 19 (5): 796–798. doi:10.3201/eid1905.121480. PMID 23648147. 
  5. Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Strohl, William A.; Champe, Pamela C. (2007). Lippincott's Illustrated reviews, microbiology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 166. ISBN 978-0-7817-8215-9. https://archive.org/details/microbiologylipp00harv. 

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