Borrelia (Noun)
Meaning
Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Borrelia duttonii is the primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in Eastern Africa.
- Borrelia recurrentis is the bacterium responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, which affects humans worldwide but is mainly limited to the northeastern regions of Africa.
- A range of borrelia species, such as Borrelia hispanica and Borrelia crocidurae, are associated with tick-borne relapsing fever that occurs in Africa.
- Borrelia causing tick-borne relapsing fever are commonly transmitted by soft ticks that nest in rodent burrows in East Africa.
- A number of species of borrelia, including Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia duttonii, can cause European and African relapsing fever through tick bites.