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==Overview==
'''''Borrelia recurrentis''''' is a species of ''[[Borrelia]]'', a [[spirochaete]] [[bacterium]] associated with [[relapsing fever]].<ref name="pmid9336893">{{cite journal |author=Cutler SJ, Moss J, Fukunaga M, Wright DJ, Fekade D, Warrell D |title=Borrelia recurrentis characterization and comparison with relapsing-fever, Lyme-associated, and other Borrelia spp |journal=International journal of systematic bacteriology |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=958–68 |date=October 1997 |pmid=9336893 |doi= 10.1099/00207713-47-4-958|url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=9336893}}</ref><ref name="pmid16790790">{{cite journal |author=Meri T, Cutler SJ, Blom AM, Meri S, Jokiranta TS |title=Relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii acquire complement regulators C4b-binding protein and factor H |journal=Infection and immunity |volume=74 |issue=7 |pages=4157–63 |date=July 2006 |pmid=16790790 |pmc=1489703 |doi=10.1128/IAI.00007-06 |url=http://iai.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16790790}}</ref> ''B. recurrentis'' is usually transmitted from person to person by the [[human body louse]].<ref name="isbn0-13-144329-1">{{cite book |author=Madigan, Michael T.; Martinko, John M.|title=Brock biology of microorganisms |publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |year=2006 |pages=410 |isbn=0-13-144329-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Since the 1800s, the body louse has been known as its only known vector.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Boutellis | first1 = A | last2 = Mediannikov | first2 = O | last3 = Bilcha | first3 = KD | last4 = Ali | first4 = J | last5 = Campelo | first5 = D | last6 = Barker | first6 = SC | display-authors = 6 | last7 = et al | year = | title = Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia | url = | journal = Emerg Infect Dis | volume = 19| issue = 5| pages = | doi = 10.3201/eid1905.121480 }}</ref>
 
''B. recurrentis'' DNA was found in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined. <ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Boutellis | first1 = A | last2 = Mediannikov | first2 = O | last3 = Bilcha | first3 = KD | last4 = Ali | first4 = J | last5 = Campelo | first5 = D | last6 = Barker | first6 = SC | display-authors = 6 | last7 = et al | year = | title = Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia | url = | journal = Emerg Infect Dis | volume = 19| issue = 5| pages = | doi = 10.3201/eid1905.121480 }}</ref>
 
It is notable for its ability to alter the proteins expressed on its surface. This is what causes the "relapsing" characteristic of relapsing fever.<ref name="isbn0-7817-8215-5">{{cite book |author=Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Strohl, William A.; Champe, Pamela C. |title=Lippincott's Illustrated reviews, microbiology |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstwon, MD |year=2007 |pages=166 |isbn=0-7817-8215-5 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>
 
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Overview

Borrelia recurrentis is a species of Borrelia, a spirochaete bacterium associated with relapsing fever.[1][2] B. recurrentis is usually transmitted from person to person by the human body louse.[3] Since the 1800s, the body louse has been known as its only known vector.[4]

B. recurrentis DNA was found in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia. Whether head lice can transmit these bacteria from one person to another remains to be determined. [5]

It is notable for its ability to alter the proteins expressed on its surface. This is what causes the "relapsing" characteristic of relapsing fever.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cutler SJ, Moss J, Fukunaga M, Wright DJ, Fekade D, Warrell D (October 1997). "Borrelia recurrentis characterization and comparison with relapsing-fever, Lyme-associated, and other Borrelia spp". International journal of systematic bacteriology. 47 (4): 958–68. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-958. PMID 9336893.
  2. ↑ Meri T, Cutler SJ, Blom AM, Meri S, Jokiranta TS (July 2006). "Relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii acquire complement regulators C4b-binding protein and factor H". Infection and immunity. 74 (7): 4157–63. doi:10.1128/IAI.00007-06. PMC 1489703. PMID 16790790.
  3. ↑ Madigan, Michael T.; Martinko, John M. (2006). Brock biology of microorganisms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. p. 410. ISBN 0-13-144329-1.
  4. ↑ Boutellis, A; Mediannikov, O; Bilcha, KD; Ali, J; Campelo, D; Barker, SC; et al. "Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia". Emerg Infect Dis. 19 (5). doi:10.3201/eid1905.121480.
  5. ↑ Boutellis, A; Mediannikov, O; Bilcha, KD; Ali, J; Campelo, D; Barker, SC; et al. "Borrelia recurrentis in head lice, Ethiopia". Emerg Infect Dis. 19 (5). doi:10.3201/eid1905.121480.
  6. ↑ Fisher, Bruce; Harvey, Richard P.; Strohl, William A.; Champe, Pamela C. (2007). Lippincott's Illustrated reviews, microbiology. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 166. ISBN 0-7817-8215-5.

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