Relapsing fever still remains a neglected disease and little is known on its reservoir, tick
vector and physiopathology in the vertebrate host. The disease occurs in temperate as well …

Simple Summary Following Borreliae Part 1, this second review describes Borreliae of the
relapsing fever group (RFG) and unclassified Borreliae. The RFG is further divided …

Within the past 30 yr molecular assays have largely supplanted classical methods for
detection of tick-borne agents. Enhancements provided by molecular assays, including …

Background To date, little has been documented about microorganisms harboured within
Australian native ticks or their pathogenic potential. Recently, a Borrelia sp. related to the …

We conducted an investigation of Borrelia miyamotoi infections in humans and ticks in
northeastern China. Of 984 patients reporting recent tick bites, 14 (1.4%) were found to be …

Abstract In South America, early reports from more than 50 years ago incriminated
Ornithodoros rudis as vector of Borrelia venezuelensis, an agent of tick-borne relapsing …

Relapsing fever (RF) is caused by several species of Borrelia; all, except two species, are
transmitted to humans by soft (argasid) ticks. The species B. recurrentis is transmitted from …

Background Lyme disease is caused by spirochete bacteria from the Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato (B. burgdorferi sl) species complex. To reconstruct the evolution of B. burgdorferi …

Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a classical epidemic disease, which in the past was
associated with war, famine, poverty, forced migration, and crowding under poor hygienic …

Recently, a novel species of the genus Borrelia was identified in Bothriocroton concolor and
Ixodes holocyclus ticks from echidnas. Analyses of 16S rRNA and flaB genes identified three …