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SUBMITTER: Raffel SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5803322 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raffel Sandra J SJ Williamson Brandi N BN Schwan Tom G TG Gherardini Frank C FC
Ticks and tick-borne diseases 20171112 2
Relapsing fever (RF) in North America is caused primarily by the spirochete Borrelia hermsii and is associated with the bite of its tick vector Ornithodoros hermsi. Although this spirochete was known long before the discovery of the Lyme disease (LD) spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, basic methods to facilitate the study of B. hermsii have lagged behind. One important technique to expedite the study of the molecular biology and pathogenesis of B. hermsii would be a reliable method to grow and cl ...[more]