Examples of borrelia in the following topics:
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- Lyme disease (aka Lyme borreliosis) is caused by bacteria from the Borrelia genus, and is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the main cause of Lyme disease in North America, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most European cases.
- Borrelia is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks belonging to a few species of the genus Ixodes ("hard ticks" ).
- Left untreated, Borrelia bacteria begins to spread through the bloodstream within days to weeks after the onset of local infection, progressing symptoms to the joints, heart, and central nervous system.
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- Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia.
- Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most European cases .
- Borrelia is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks belonging to a few species of the genus Ixodes, most commonly deer ticks .
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- An exception to the bacterial exclusion are the diseases caused by spirochetes, such as Borrelia, which causes Lyme disease, and Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis.
- These include Borrelia (the cause of Lyme disease), and
Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis.
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- Aseptic meningitis may also result from infection with spirochetes, a type of bacteria that includes Treponema pallidum (the cause of syphilis) and Borrelia burgdorferi (known for causing Lyme disease).
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- Myocarditis is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19, less commonly nonviral pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) or Trypanosoma cruzi, or as a hypersensitivity response to drugs.