The cryptic ospC gene of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 is located on a circular plasmid

A Sădziene, B Wilske, M S Ferdows, +1

Infection and Immunity

Silent GeneMedical MicrobiologyCircular PlasmidVirulence FactorPathogenesis +13

Borrelia burgdorferi is clonal: implications for taxonomy and vaccine development.

D E Dykhuizen, D S Polin, J J Dunn, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

VaccinationVector-borne PathogenMolecular EcologyBorrelia BurgdorferiGenetics +12

Complement-mediated serum sensitivity among spirochetes that cause Lyme disease

Alje P. van Dam, Arlene L. Oei, R Jaspars, +4

Infection and Immunity

Three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B afzelii, and B. garinii) identified from cerebrospinal fluid isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and PCR

U. Busch, Cecilia Hizo-Teufel, R Boehmer, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Parasitic DiseasePathogen DetectionLrfp AnalysisPathologyTick-borne Disease +14

Sequence analysis of ospA genes shows homogeneity within Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii strains but reveals major subgroups within the Borrelia garinii species

G. Will, S. Jauris-Heipke, Ernie Schwab, +4

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

BiologyBorrelia Garinii SpeciesPhylogeneticsMolecular EcologyNatural Sciences +7

<i>Apodemus</i> Species Mice Are Reservoir Hosts of <i>Borrelia garinii</i> OspA Serotype 4 in Switzerland

Delphine Huegli, Chang Min Hu, Pierre‐François Humair, +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Parasitic DiseaseRodent EcologyDermatologyTick-borne DiseaseSerotypes 1 +14

European erythema migrans disease and related disorders.

K. Weber, G. Schierz, B Wilske, +1

PubMed

Parasitic DiseaseDiagnosisPathologyDermatologyTick-borne Disease +16

Azithromycin versus penicillin V for the treatment of early lyme borreliosis

K. Weber, B Wilske, V. Preac‐Mursic, +1

Infection

AntibioticsEarly Lyme BorreliosisInfection ControlMedicineAntimicrobial Resistance +1

Increased anti-streptococcal antibodies in patients with Tourette’s syndrome

Norbert Müller, Michael Riedel, Andreas Straube, +2

Psychiatry Research

PsychiatryNeurologyNeuropathologyMedicineMovement Disorders +2

Genetic Analysis of <i>Borrelia garinii</i> OspA Serotype 4 Strains Associated with Neuroborreliosis: Evidence for Extensive Genetic Homogeneity

Richard T. Marconi, S. Hohenberger, S. Jauris-Heipke, +3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology