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Borrelia burgdorferi adalah spesies bakteri yang tergolong filum Spirochaete dan genus Borrelia, serta menjadi salah satu penyebab penyakit Lyme. Bersama dengan beberapa genospesies serupa, yang sebagiannya juga menjadi penyebab penyakit Lyme, bakteri ini membentuk kompleks spesies Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato .
Borrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. Several species cause Lyme disease, also called Lyme borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Other species of Borrelia cause relapsing fever, and are transmitted by ticks or lice, depending on the species of bacteria.
Penyakit ini disebabkan oleh Borrelia burgdorferi, bakteri dari golongan Spirochetes, dan disebarkan secara luas oleh caplak Ixodes scapularis. Caplak tersebut umumnya mengisap darah burung, hewan peliharaan, hewan liar, dan juga manusia.
The Lyme-related Borrelia species are collectively known as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, and show a great deal of genetic diversity. B. burgdorferi sensu lato is a species complex made up of 20 accepted and three proposed genospecies.
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 which also cause Lyme disease, it makes up the species complex of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.
Lyme borreliosis has been discovered in human serum in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The human serum samples were mainly examined with ELISA test using Borrelia spp. IgG and IgM antigens. Borrelia spp. also has been detected in ticks found on host animals such as Sundamys muelleri and Python in Malaysia, Thailand, and Laos.
Borrelioosi eli Lymen tauti on lähinnä puutiaisten levittämä taudinkuvaltaan vaihteleva infektiosairaus, jonka aiheuttaa Borrelia -suvun spirokeettabakteerien infektio. Se on Yhdysvaltain ja Euroopan yleisin puutiaisten levittämä zoonoosi.
