Borrelia burgdorferi
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Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species of the spirochete class in the genus Borrelia, and is one of the causative agents of Lyme disease in humans. Along with a few similar genospecies, some of w
Borrelia burgdorferi lores
Characteristic "bull's-eye" (erythema chronicum migrans) rash of stage 1 Lyme disease
Ixodes
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Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks. It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans, and some species inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus may transmit the
Borrelia burgdorferi
…unraveling the mysteries of B. burgdorferi, such as the discovery of gene cyaB as essential for mammalian infection. B. burgdorferi circulates between Ixodes ticks and a vertebrate host in an enzootic cycle. B. burgdorferi living in a tick is mainly acquired through blood meals from an infected, competent…
Ixodus ricinus 5x
Ixodes hexagonus
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodes scapularis