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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Borrelia hermsii"”.
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The Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia Hermsii, and Complement Regulatory Proteins
Borrelia hermsii, the primary etiological agent of tick-borne relapsing fever in North America, binds the complement regulatory protein factor H (FH) as a means of evading opsonophagocytosis and the alternative pathway of complement. The sequence of the gene encoding the FH-binding protein has been …
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Characterization of cyclic di-GMP binding by the sole Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii PilZ domain-containing proteins
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii cause Lyme disease and relapsing fever, respectively. These spirochetes are maintained in an enzootic cycle, involving tick vectors and mammalian hosts. Differential gene expression is central in their survival in various environmental conditions. C-di-GMP …
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Characterization of Peptidoglycan, and the Enzymes that Synthesize it, in Borrelia burgdorferi and Insights into the Peptidoglycan of Other Pathogenic Borrelia
… — GlcNAc-GlcNAc-anhMurNAc (G-G- anhM) in Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. B. burgdorferi with less G-G-anhM were found to be significantly less motile, flexible, and stress-tolerant while possessing gross morphological defects and less overall PG. Our studies also …
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THE ECOLOGY OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
… relapsing fever (TBRF) is the spirochete <i>Borrelia hermsii</i> that is vectored by the tick <i>Ornithodoros hermsi</i>. Ecological investigations were combined with mathematical modeling and genetics to gain a clearer understanding of the interactions and mechanisms responsible for disease …
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THE ECOLOGY OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
… relapsing fever (TBRF) is the spirochete <i>Borrelia hermsii</i> that is vectored by the tick <i>Ornithodoros hermsi</i>. Ecological investigations were combined with mathematical modeling and genetics to gain a clearer understanding of the interactions and mechanisms responsible for disease …
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Ecologic factors and tick-borne relapsing fever in the western United States: county and zip code analyses
… is a rare bacterial disease caused primarily by Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae in the western United States and transmitted by Ornithodoros species soft ticks. No spatial analyses have been attempted for TBRF, and previous epidemiologic studies were limited to case series and outbreak …