Biology:Borrelia hermsii
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Short description: Species of bacterium
| Borrelia hermsii | |
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| Borrelia hermsii (green) on red blood cells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. hermsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia hermsii (Davis, 1942) Steinhaus, 1946
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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
- ↑ 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. PMID 14519254.
- ↑ "eMedicine - Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever : Article by Jonathan A Edlow". http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic590.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ "Antigenic variation by Borrelia hermsii occurs through recombination between extragenic repetitive elements on linear plasmids". Molecular Microbiology 60 (6): 1329–43. June 2006. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05177.x. PMID 16796672.
- ↑ "Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA". Emerging Infectious Diseases 15 (7): 1026–1031. July 2009. doi:10.3201/eid1507.090223. PMID 19624916.
Wikidata ☰ Q4946575 entry
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