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[[File:Borrelia b.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> ''Borrelia burgdorferi''. (CDC 1993, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]

[[File:Borrelia b.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> ''Borrelia burgdorferi''. (CDC 1993, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]

''Borrelia burgdorferi'' is a species of ''Borrelia'' bacteria. ''Borrelia'' species are longer, wider, helical [[Spirochaetes species - Overview|spirochaetes]].

Bacteria may be cultured in Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly medium after 6 weeks under microaerophilic conditions. The best samples for culture are skin samples from near to the site of tick attachment (as the bacteria remain within the local connective tissues) but the test is not sensitive as the bacteria will be present in low numbers.  

 

''Borrelia burgdorferi'' is the cause of '''[[Lyme disease]]'''. The ''Borreliae'' bacteria multiply in the blood stream of susceptible hosts and disseminate throughout the body. They can localise in joints, brain, nerves, eyes and heart.  

The bacteria are reported in humans, dogs, horses, cattle, sheep.

Ticks are the vector for [[Lyme Disease]], in particular, ''[[Ixodes spp.]]''.

Ticks are the vector for [[Lyme disease]], in particular, ''[[Ixodes spp.]]''.

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