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Microbiology of Lyme disease

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28: 650:(CDC), the rate of Lyme disease infection is 7.9 cases for every 100,000 persons. In the 10 states where Lyme disease is most common, the average was 31.6 cases per 100,000 persons for 2005. Although Lyme disease has now been reported in 49 of 50 states in the U.S (all but Hawaii), about 99% of all reported cases are confined to just five geographic areas ( 161: 779:
in the manifestation of Lyme disease in this region is presently unknown, but evidence indicates the disease may occur in humans in sub-Saharan Africa. The abundance of hosts and tick vectors would favor the establishment of the infection in Africa. In East Africa two cases of Lyme disease have been
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residing in the gut of unfed ticks, suggesting they promote the persistence of the spirochete in ticks between blood meals. During transmission to the mammalian host, when the nymphal tick begins to feed and the spirochetes in the midgut begin to multiply rapidly, most spirochetes cease expressing
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with respect to optimizing their chance of contact with an appropriate host to ensure survival. The life stages of soft ticks are not readily distinguishable. The first stage to hatch from the egg, a six-legged larva, takes a blood meal from a host, and molts to the first nymphal stage. Unlike hard
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could survive standard antibiotic treatment protocols. However, a 2014 review found that there was currently no clear evidence for this, and noted that samples from patients diagnosed as having chronic Lyme disease following antibiotic treatment usually showed no round bodies (and indeed often no
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among different strains within each of the three major Lyme disease species is highly variable. OspC plays an essential role during the early stage of mammalian infection. In infected ticks feeding on a mammalian host, OspC may also be necessary to allow
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Walder G, Lkhamsuren E, Shagdar A, Bataa J, Batmunkh T, Orth D, Heinz FX, Danichova GA, Khasnatinov MA, Wurzner R, Dierich MP (May 2006). "Serological evidence for tick-borne encephalitis, borreliosis, and human granulocytic anaplasmosis in Mongolia".
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results in a loss of some plasmids and changes in expressed protein profiles. Associated with the loss of plasmids is a loss in the ability of the organism to infect laboratory animals, suggesting the plasmids encode key genes involved in
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to invade and attach to the salivary gland after leaving the gut, although not all studies agree on such a role for the protein. OspC attaches to the tick salivary protein Salp15, which protects the spirochete from
1159:. The two Osp proteins show a high degree of sequence similarity, indicating a recent duplication event. Virtually all spirochetes in the midgut of an unfed nymph tick express OspA. OspA promotes the attachment of 2560:
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may persist in humans for months or years. In North America and Europe, Lyme arthritis may persist, while Europe also includes a persistent skin condition called
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BergstrΓΆm S, Bundoc VG, Barbour AG (1989). "Molecular analysis of linear plasmid-encoded major surface proteins, OspA and OspB, of the Lyme disease spirochaete
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anchored by N-terminally attached fatty acid molecules to the membrane. They are presumed to play a role in virulence, transmission, or survival in the tick.
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Pal U, Li X, Wang T, Montgomery RR, Ramamoorthi N, Desilva AM, Bao F, Yang X, Pypaert M, Pradhan D, Kantor FS, Telford S, Anderson JF, Fikrig E (2004).
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have been documented in Australia, but are often ascribed to travel to other continents. The existence of Lyme disease in Australia is controversial.
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The number of reported cases of the borreliosis have been increasing, as are endemic regions in North America. Of cases reported to the United States
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experiments round bodies seemed to be formed in response to adverse conditions, such as a culture medium containing no serum or antimicrobial drugs.
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that run lengthways between its cell wall and outer membrane. This structure allows the spirochete to move efficiently in corkscrew fashion through
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of a broad range of potential animal hosts, as individual Erp proteins exhibited different binding patterns to the complement regulator
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Thirteen distinct genomic classifications of Lyme disease bacteria have been identified worldwide. These include but are not limited to
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loci occupy the same position on the multiple copies of the cp32 plasmid present in these strains. Each locus consists of one or two
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genes are structurally arranged in tandem as one transcriptional unit under the control of a common promoter. Individual strains of
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and migrates to the salivary gland. Upregulation of OspC begins during the first day of feeding and peaks 48 hours after attachment.
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bacteria occasionally take on roughly spherical or other atypical shapes. These have sometimes been referred to as "cysts" or as "
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OspA on their surfaces. Simultaneous with the disappearance of OspA, the spirochete population in the midgut begins to express an
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or for any other tick-borne spirochete that may be responsible for a local syndrome being reported as Lyme disease. Cases of
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Tilly K, Krum JG, Bestor A, Jewett MW, Grimm D, Bueschel D, Byram R, Dorward D, Vanraden MJ, Stewart P, Rosa P (June 2006).
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than previously estimated. The strains differ in clinical symptoms and/or presentation as well as geographic distribution.
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Grimm D, Tilly K, Byram R, Stewart PE, Krum JG, Bueschel DM, Schwan TG, Policastro PF, Elias AF, Rosa PA (March 2004).
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to the tick protein TROSPA, present on tick gut epithelial cells. OspB also has an essential role in the adherence of
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Erp proteins are immunogenic in mammals infected by tick bite, and their synthesis is inducible in cultured bacteria"
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The genomic variations have direct implications on the clinical symptoms of tick-borne Lyme disease. For example,
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Li M, Masuzawa T, Takada N, Ishiguro F, Fujita H, Iwaki A, Wang H, Wang J, Kawabata M, Yanagihara Y (July 1998).
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does not use iron, hence avoiding the difficulty of acquiring iron during infection. It lives primarily as an
2642: 695:, as well as canine and human tick-borne diseases, have been reported widely in Brazil, but the subspecies of 4131:"Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: a protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals" 1366: 1007:. However, the membranes in the B31 strain have been found to contain a lipopolysaccharide-like component. 922:
in 1995, and its chromosome contains 910,725 base pairs and 853 genes. One of the most striking features of
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Erp surface proteins: a possible mechanism underlying the expansive host range of Lyme disease spirochetes"
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Grubhoffer L, Golovchenko M, Vancova M, Zacharovova-Slavickova K, Rudenko N, Oliver JH Jr (November 2005).
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and slow-growing. The primary reason for the long delays when diagnosing Lyme disease is their greater
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and is transmitted by the human body louse), all known species are believed to be transmitted by
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binding of host complement regulator factor H is not required for efficient mammalian infection"
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Scoles GA, Papero M, Beati L, Fish D (2001). "A relapsing fever group spirochete transmitted by
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has not yet been defined. The first reported case of Lyme disease in Brazil was made in 1993 in
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Many of these genomic groups are country or continent specific. For example, without migration,
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has been recognized for over a century, since it was first isolated by the British physicians
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spirochaetes), suggesting that their symptoms might be due to something other than surviving
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appear to be associated with birds. Both rodents and birds are competent reservoir hosts for
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paralogous gene family 54 genes BBA64, BBA65, and BBA66 during persistent infection in mice"
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is very slow growing, with a doubling time of 12–18 hours (in contrast to pathogens such as
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group of spirochetes, is also suspected of causing illness in Japan. Spirochetes similar to
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sensu lato genospecies suspected of causing illness, but not confirmed by culture, include
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species in northeastern China resemble those isolated from far eastern Russia and Japan"
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temperate regions, but sporadic cases have been described in other areas of the world.
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As these species are mainly differentiated by genetics, they are usually referred to as
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OspC protein required exclusively in a crucial early stage of mammalian infection"
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species by multilocus sequence analysis and confirmation of the delineation of
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changes its surface antigenic expression in response to host immune responses"
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stages, gradually increasing in size until the final molt to the adult stage.
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to the tick gut. Although OspD has been shown to bind to tick gut extracts
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to infect mice, suggesting the Erp proteins have an additional function.
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revealed the presence of 46% proteins, 51% lipids and 3% carbohydrates.
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The lifecycle of the black-legged tick, commonly called the deer tick (
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of various host species may determine its reservoir host association.
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organism, requiring little oxygen to survive. Unlike most bacteria,
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swims with a planar waveform similar to that of eukaryotic flagella"
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The OspA and OspB genes encode the major outer membrane proteins of
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and the cautious term "round bodies" is now preferred. As well as
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they have occasionally been observed in tissue samples taken from
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was identified as a genomic species from Strain VS116, and named
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genes. When two genes are present, they are transcribed as one
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is most frequently detected in rodent-feeding vector ticks, and
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evades the immune system to establish a chronic infection.
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is a highly specialized, motile, two-membrane, flat-waved
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has been isolated throughout Europe, as well as east Asia.
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was recently demonstrated to not be necessary to enable
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are associated with different aspects of pathogenicity"
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s.l. species complex is known to include the following
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in Europe (especially Portugal), North Africa and Asia.
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known to cause Lyme disease are collectively called
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"Seasonal abundance of 968:Chemical analysis of the external membrane of 722:has been reported in Bay Islands of Honduras. 110:), not to be confused with the single species 4638:Embers ME, Ramamoorthy R, Philipp MT (2004). 3144:Goldstein SF, Charon NW, Kreiling JA (1994). 710:antigens in patients have been identified in 303:’s tick-borne Lyme disease may manifest with 293:is only prevalent in the eastern hemisphere. 63:, which has 52 known species. Three species ( 8: 3582:"Spirochaetal lipoproteins and pathogenesis" 2267:"Lyme borreliosis: insights into tick-/host- 4347: 4345: 3925:adherence and survival within Ixodes ticks" 3538: 3536: 3053:"Genetic exchange and plasmid transfers in 2850:and Lyme arthritis: field study of ticks". 1509:Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 1203:OspE and OspF were initially identified in 841:ticks, many soft ticks go through multiple 3704: 3702: 3645:"Induction of an outer surface protein on 3416:Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2371:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 648:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4858: 4765: 4712: 4659: 4571: 4518: 4465: 4381: 4325: 4315: 4274: 4221: 4164: 4154: 4105: 4048: 3995: 3976:"Distinct levels of genetic diversity of 3950: 3940: 3921:"Outer surface protein B is critical for 3887: 3791: 3738: 3682: 3672: 3605: 3516: 3506: 3484: 3482: 3462: 3279: 3269: 3183: 3173: 3093: 3083: 2979: 2914: 2536: 2428: 2286: 2167: 2075: 2022: 1943: 1882: 1795: 1742: 1528: 1479: 1227:(OspE/F-like related protein) genes. 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It was later detected by 113:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto 25: 2684:and prevalence of infection with 1231:strains B31 and 297, most of the 421:have recently been found in both 4705:10.1128/IAI.72.10.5759-5767.2004 3447:10.1128/jcm.25.11.2054-2058.1987 3435:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 3022:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01698.x 1936:10.1128/JCM.36.12.3497-3504.1998 1668:European Journal of Epidemiology 1026:Like other spirochetes, such as 639:Lyme disease is most endemic in 368:in the United States and Europe. 159: 36:one of the causative species of 4458:10.1128/IAI.66.6.2648-2654.1998 3303:SchwarzovΓ‘ K, ČiΕΎnΓ‘r I (2004). 3119:Cesk Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2946:Porcella SF, Schwan TG (2001). 2562:Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo 2538:10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000082 2421:10.1128/AEM.64.7.2705-2709.1998 1875:10.1128/JCM.42.3.1316-1318.2004 47:, or borreliosis, is caused by 2144:relapsing fever group strains" 1727:genomic groups VS116 and M19)" 1616:Ryan KJ, Ray CG, eds. (2004). 1460:The Lancet Infectious Diseases 1278:in humans. However, untreated 1274:is susceptible to a number of 1249:alternative complement pathway 1129:is composed of various unique 1: 4511:10.1128/IAI.70.2.491-497.2002 4411:J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol 4374:10.1128/IAI.62.1.290-298.1994 3997:10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01186-X 3784:10.1128/JCM.38.1.382-388.2000 3762:Schwan TG, Piesman J (2000). 3393:10.1126/science.288.5471.1651 2631:Journal of Medical Entomology 2224:Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 1620:(4th ed.). McGraw Hill. 1472:10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00464-8 1421:Molecular and Cellular Probes 1383:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60103-7 991:, though it stains weakly in 836:Hard ticks have a variety of 307:-like symptoms. In contrast, 4661:10.1016/j.micinf.2003.11.014 4358:, the agent of Lyme disease" 4317:10.1371/journal.ppat.0040031 4135:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 3942:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030033 3653:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 3495:Clinical Infectious Diseases 3250:Proc. Natl. Acad. 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Dis 4810:Borrelia burgdorferi 4758:10.1128/IAI.00037-07 4740:Borrelia burgdorferi 4687:Borrelia burgdorferi 4642:Borrelia burgdorferi 4564:10.1128/IAI.01923-06 4546:Borrelia burgdorferi 4493:Borrelia burgdorferi 4440:Borrelia burgdorferi 4356:Borrelia burgdorferi 4267:10.1128/IAI.00232-08 4251:sensu lato isolates" 4249:Borrelia burgdorferi 4076:Borrelia burgdorferi 4041:10.1128/IAI.01950-05 4023:Borrelia burgdorferi 3978:Borrelia burgdorferi 3923:Borrelia burgdorferi 3870:Borrelia burgdorferi 3817:Borrelia burgdorferi 3766:Borrelia burgdorferi 3731:10.1128/IAI.00632-07 3713:Borrelia burgdorferi 3649:during tick feeding" 3647:Borrelia burgdorferi 3307:Borrelia burgdorferi 3244:Borrelia burgdorferi 3148:Borrelia burgdorferi 3055:Borrelia burgdorferi 3006:Borrelia burgdorferi 2950:Borrelia burgdorferi 2889:Borrelia burgdorferi 2783:Borrelia burgdorferi 2622:Borrelia burgdorferi 2618:Psammodromus algirus 2454:Borrelia burgdorferi 2288:10.14411/fp.2005.039 1998:Borrelia burgdorferi 1969:Wien Klin Wochenschr 1855:"First isolation of 1821:Borrelia burgdorferi 1776:Emerging Infect. Dis 1556:Borrelia burgdorferi 1141:OspA, OspB, and OspD 1106:chronic Lyme disease 976:Structure and growth 672:Borrelia burgdorferi 657:In Europe, cases of 427:ticks in Sweden and 319:Emerging genospecies 186:improve this section 136:Borrelia recurrentis 98:Borrelia burgdorferi 78:Borrelia burgdorferi 33:Borrelia burgdorferi 4214:10.1038/nature03812 4206:2005Natur.436..573R 4147:2004PNAS..101.3142G 3665:1995PNAS...92.2909S 3385:2000Sci...288.1651P 3262:2003PNAS..100.7913B 3166:1994PNAS...91.3433G 3076:2004PNAS..10114150Q 2907:1997Natur.390..580F 2525:Braz J Med Biol Res 2492:(Suppl 40): 69–75. 2486:Int J Med Microbiol 2413:1998ApEnM..64.2705L 2050:Borrelia spielmanii 2005:Borrelia spielmanii 1916:sp. nov. (formerly 1857:Borrelia lusitaniae 1828:Jpn. J. Infect. Dis 1770:Borrelia valaisiana 1721:Borrelia valaisiana 1320:B. burgdorferi 1316:B. burgdorferi 1306:has the ability to 1304:B. burgdorferi 1280:B. burgdorferi 1272:B. burgdorferi 1157:B. burgdorferi 1009:B. burgdorferi 997:B. burgdorferi 970:B. burgdorferi 958:B. burgdorferi 946:B. burgdorferi 924:B. burgdorferi 912:B. burgdorferi 793:B. burgdorferi 659:B. burgdorferi 641:Northern Hemisphere 151:Species and strains 4074:"OspC facilitates 3508:10.1093/cid/cit810 3328:10.1007/BF02931545 2954:Treponema pallidum 2197:The New York Times 1975:(13–14): 515–523. 1914:Borrelia bissettii 1367:"Lyme borreliosis" 1104:Advocates of the " 1029:Treponema pallidum 1001:lipopolysaccharide 937:Treponema pallidum 873:white-footed mouse 833:for the bacteria. 773:John Lancelot Todd 761:sub-Saharan Africa 431:ticks in the U.S. 429:I. scapularis 404:B. andersonii 372:B. spielmanii 329:B. valaisiana 42: 4699:(10): 5759–5767. 4609:10.1136/bmj.m1041 4080:Ixodes scapularis 3866:Ixodes scapularis 3580:Haake DA (2000). 3441:(11): 2054–2058. 3226:978-1-904455-58-5 2779:Ixodes holocyclus 2717:J S Afr Vet Assoc 2373:(CDC). 2007-04-02 2101:Ixodes scapularis 2017:(Pt 4): 873–881. 1930:(12): 3497–3504. 1627:978-0-8385-8529-0 1575:(Pt 6): 1741–55. 1351:978-1-913652-61-6 1207:strain N40. 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Immun 4252: 4250: 4241: 4238: 4233: 4229: 4224: 4219: 4215: 4211: 4207: 4203: 4199: 4195: 4191: 4184: 4181: 4176: 4172: 4167: 4162: 4157: 4152: 4148: 4144: 4141:(9): 3142–7. 4140: 4136: 4132: 4125: 4122: 4117: 4113: 4108: 4103: 4099: 4095: 4092:(2): 220–30. 4091: 4087: 4083: 4081: 4077: 4068: 4065: 4060: 4056: 4051: 4046: 4042: 4038: 4034: 4030: 4029:Infect. Immun 4026: 4024: 4015: 4012: 4007: 4003: 3998: 3993: 3990:(2): 149–56. 3989: 3985: 3981: 3979: 3970: 3967: 3962: 3958: 3953: 3948: 3943: 3938: 3934: 3930: 3926: 3924: 3915: 3912: 3907: 3903: 3899: 3895: 3890: 3885: 3881: 3877: 3873: 3871: 3868:receptor for 3867: 3858: 3855: 3850: 3846: 3842: 3838: 3834: 3830: 3826: 3822: 3818: 3811: 3808: 3803: 3799: 3794: 3789: 3785: 3781: 3777: 3773: 3769: 3767: 3758: 3755: 3750: 3746: 3741: 3736: 3732: 3728: 3724: 3720: 3719:Infect. Immun 3716: 3714: 3705: 3703: 3699: 3694: 3690: 3685: 3680: 3675: 3670: 3666: 3662: 3658: 3654: 3650: 3648: 3639: 3636: 3631: 3625: 3617: 3613: 3608: 3603: 3599: 3595: 3591: 3587: 3583: 3576: 3573: 3561: 3559:9781845938925 3555: 3548: 3547: 3539: 3537: 3533: 3528: 3524: 3519: 3514: 3509: 3504: 3500: 3496: 3492: 3485: 3483: 3479: 3474: 3470: 3465: 3460: 3456: 3452: 3448: 3444: 3440: 3436: 3432: 3425: 3422: 3417: 3410: 3407: 3402: 3398: 3394: 3390: 3386: 3382: 3378: 3374: 3367: 3364: 3353:on 2011-07-21 3349: 3345: 3341: 3337: 3333: 3329: 3325: 3321: 3317: 3310: 3308: 3299: 3296: 3291: 3287: 3282: 3277: 3272: 3267: 3263: 3259: 3255: 3251: 3247: 3245: 3236: 3233: 3228: 3222: 3217: 3216: 3210: 3203: 3200: 3195: 3191: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3171: 3167: 3163: 3160:(8): 3433–7. 3159: 3155: 3151: 3149: 3140: 3137: 3132: 3128: 3124: 3120: 3113: 3110: 3105: 3101: 3096: 3091: 3086: 3081: 3077: 3073: 3069: 3065: 3058: 3056: 3047: 3044: 3039: 3035: 3031: 3027: 3023: 3019: 3015: 3011: 3010:Mol Microbiol 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negative 986: 982: 975: 973: 971: 966: 964: 959: 955: 954:pathogenicity 951: 947: 943: 939: 938: 933: 929: 925: 921: 920:M. genitalium 917: 916:H. influenzae 913: 905: 903: 901: 897: 896:bacteriolytic 893: 892:sensu stricto 890: 886: 885:B. valaisiana 882: 878: 874: 870: 866: 861: 859: 855: 851: 846: 844: 839: 834: 832: 828: 824: 820: 816: 810: 802: 800: 798: 794: 790: 785: 783: 778: 774: 770: 766: 763:, tick-borne 762: 758: 753: 751: 747: 743: 739: 735: 732: 728: 723: 721: 720:B. burgorferi 717: 713: 709: 708:sensu stricto 706: 702: 698: 694: 691: 687: 686:South America 682: 680: 676: 673: 669: 667: 663: 660: 655: 653: 649: 644: 642: 634: 632: 630: 629: 620: 619: 615: 613: 612: 611:B. valaisiana 608: 606: 605: 601: 599: 598: 594: 592: 591: 590:B. spielmanii 587: 585: 584: 580: 578: 577: 573: 571: 570: 566: 564: 563: 562:B. lusitaniae 559: 557: 556: 552: 550: 549: 545: 543: 542: 538: 536: 535: 531: 528: 527: 523: 520: 519: 515: 513: 512: 508: 506: 505: 501: 498: 497: 493: 491: 490: 489:B. bissettiae 486: 484: 483: 479: 476: 475: 474:B. andersonii 471: 469: 468: 464: 462: 461: 457: 456: 454: 452: 448: 442: 434: 432: 430: 426: 425: 420: 416: 412: 407: 405: 402:(China); and 401: 397: 393: 389: 385: 377: 373: 370: 367: 364: 361: 360:B. lusitaniae 358: 357: 356: 354: 346: 345:B. valaisiana 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 325:B. valaisiana 323: 322: 318: 316: 314: 310: 306: 302: 299: 294: 292: 288: 287: 282: 281: 277: 273: 272:B. lusitaniae 269: 265: 261: 255: 250: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 231:North America 228: 227: 223: 219: 208: 205: 197: 187: 182: 178: 174: 173: 166: 157: 156: 150: 148: 146: 142: 138: 137: 131: 129: 125: 121: 117: 115: 114: 109: 105: 104: 100: 99: 94: 90: 87: 83: 82: 79: 74: 73: 68: 67: 62: 61: 57: 53: 50: 46: 39: 35: 34: 29: 19: 4891:Bacteriology 4886:Lyme disease 4842: 4838: 4825: 4817: 4809: 4802: 4793: 4749: 4745: 4739: 4731: 4696: 4693:Infect Immun 4692: 4686: 4678: 4651: 4647: 4641: 4633: 4600: 4596: 4590: 4555: 4551: 4545: 4537: 4505:(2): 491–7. 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