Published in J Clin Microbiol on May 01, 2004
Phylogenetic analysis of the spirochetes Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae and the potential for tick-borne relapsing fever in Florida. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.82
bptA (bbe16) is essential for the persistence of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its natural tick vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.66
Variable tick protein in two genomic groups of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii in western North America. Infect Immun (2005) 1.66
Microbiologic evaluation of patients from Missouri with erythema migrans. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.10
Novel relapsing fever spirochete in bat tick. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.09
Multiplex 5' nuclease-quantitative PCR for diagnosis of relapsing fever in a large Tanzanian cohort. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.03
Computational and biochemical analysis of the Xanthomonas effector AvrBs2 and its role in the modulation of Xanthomonas type three effector delivery. PLoS Pathog (2011) 0.92
Transstadial transmission of Borrelia turcica in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks. PLoS One (2015) 0.83
High seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies in forestry workers and individuals suspected of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Netherlands. New Microbes New Infect (2014) 0.83
Borrelia burgdorferi not confirmed in human-biting Amblyomma americanum ticks from the southeastern United States. J Clin Microbiol (2015) 0.80
Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
A relapsing fever group spirochete transmitted by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2001) 3.33
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Phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia species based on flagellin gene sequences and its application for molecular typing of Lyme disease borreliae. Int J Syst Bacteriol (1996) 1.84
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Serodiagnosis of Louse-Borne relapsing fever with glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) from Borrelia recurrentis. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 1.55
Glycerol-3-phosphate acquisition in spirochetes: distribution and biological activity of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) among Borrelia species. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.47
Lone star tick-infecting borreliae are most closely related to the agent of bovine borreliosis. J Clin Microbiol (2001) 1.31
Evidence of Borrelia lonestari DNA in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) removed from humans. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.18
Detection of Borrelia lonestari in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Tennessee. J Med Entomol (2003) 1.07
Borrelia lonestari DNA in adult Amblyomma americanum ticks, Alabama. Emerg Infect Dis (2001) 1.06
Physician-diagnosed erythema migrans and erythema migrans-like rashes following Lone Star tick bites. Arch Dermatol (1998) 1.04
DNA evidence of Borrelia lonestari in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeast Missouri. J Med Entomol (2003) 0.96
Detection of Borrelia lonestari, putative agent of southern tick-associated rash illness, in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the southeastern United States. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 0.96
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A critical appraisal of "chronic Lyme disease". N Engl J Med (2007) 7.84
Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: a protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 3.84
Clonal polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 MI: implications for mutagenesis in an infectious strain background. Infect Immun (2002) 3.65
Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease by kinetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant VlsE1 or peptide antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi compared with 2-tiered testing using whole-cell lysates. J Infect Dis (2003) 3.18
Role of Yersinia murine toxin in survival of Yersinia pestis in the midgut of the flea vector. Science (2002) 3.10
Antigenic variation by Borrelia hermsii occurs through recombination between extragenic repetitive elements on linear plasmids. Mol Microbiol (2006) 2.91
Bacterial pathogens modulate an apoptosis differentiation program in human neutrophils. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 2.54
Antibody responses to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with antibiotic-refractory, antibiotic-responsive, or non-antibiotic-treated Lyme arthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2007) 2.20
Tick-borne relapsing fever in North America. Med Clin North Am (2002) 1.94
Tickborne relapsing fever diagnosis obscured by malaria, Togo. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.83
Phylogenetic analysis of the spirochetes Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae and the potential for tick-borne relapsing fever in Florida. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.82
High-frequency conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes to Yersinia pestis in the flea midgut. Mol Microbiol (2002) 1.79
Variable tick protein in two genomic groups of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii in western North America. Infect Immun (2005) 1.66
Correlation of acetate catabolism and growth yield in Staphylococcus aureus: implications for host-pathogen interactions. Infect Immun (2003) 1.66
Diversity and distribution of Borrelia hermsii. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.55
Experimental infection of Ixodes scapularis larvae (Acari: Ixodidae) by immersion in low passage cultures of Borrelia burgdorferi. J Med Entomol (2003) 1.50
Tick-borne relapsing fever. Infect Dis Clin North Am (2008) 1.49
Glycerol-3-phosphate acquisition in spirochetes: distribution and biological activity of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) among Borrelia species. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.47
Single-tier testing with the C6 peptide ELISA kit compared with two-tier testing for Lyme disease. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 1.45
Detection of Lassa virus, Mali. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.41
Comparative sialomics between hard and soft ticks: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding behavior. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2007) 1.38
Endemic foci of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the potential for human infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.32
The genome sequence of Lone Star virus, a highly divergent bunyavirus found in the Amblyomma americanum tick. PLoS One (2013) 1.30
Assessment of new culture method for detection of Borrelia species from serum of lyme disease patients. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.25
Outer surface protein A protects Lyme disease spirochetes from acquired host immunity in the tick vector. Infect Immun (2008) 1.21
A system for site-specific genetic manipulation of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii. Methods Mol Biol (2008) 1.18
BBK32, a fibronectin binding MSCRAMM from Borrelia burgdorferi, contains a disordered region that undergoes a conformational change on ligand binding. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.17
2-tiered antibody testing for early and late Lyme disease using only an immunoglobulin G blot with the addition of a VlsE band as the second-tier test. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 1.15
Tick-borne relapsing fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.13
Defining plasmids required by Borrelia burgdorferi for colonization of tick vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol (2005) 1.12
Isolation and characterization of Borrelia hermsii associated with two foci of tick-borne relapsing fever in California. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.10
Large linear plasmids of Borrelia species that cause relapsing fever. J Bacteriol (2013) 1.09
Novel relapsing fever spirochete in bat tick. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.09
Characterization of anti-hemostatic factors in the argasid, Argas monolakensis: implications for the evolution of blood-feeding in the soft tick family. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2007) 1.08
Spirochetemia caused by Borrelia turicatae infection in 3 dogs in Texas. Vet Clin Pathol (2007) 1.07
Purine salvage pathways among Borrelia species. Infect Immun (2007) 1.06
Geographic distribution and genetic characterization of Lassa virus in sub-Saharan Mali. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.06
Dominant epitopes of the C6 diagnostic peptide of Borrelia burgdorferi are largely inaccessible to antibody on the parent VlsE molecule. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 1.05
Significant improvement of the recombinant Borrelia-specific immunoglobulin G immunoblot test by addition of VlsE and a DbpA homologue derived from Borrelia garinii for diagnosis of early neuroborreliosis. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.02
Regulation of expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi beta(3)-chain integrin ligand, P66, in ticks and in culture. Infect Immun (2003) 1.02
Relapsing fever spirochetes retain infectivity after prolonged in vitro cultivation. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2008) 1.01
Spirochete-platelet attachment and thrombocytopenia in murine relapsing fever borreliosis. Blood (2003) 1.01
Multiplex immunoassay for Lyme disease using VlsE1-IgG and pepC10-IgM antibodies: improving test performance through bioinformatics. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2011) 0.97
DNA evidence of Borrelia lonestari in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in southeast Missouri. J Med Entomol (2003) 0.96
Lyme disease spirochaetes possess an aggrecan-binding protease with aggrecanase activity. Mol Microbiol (2013) 0.94
A novel surface antigen of relapsing fever spirochetes can discriminate between relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2010) 0.94
Bloodmeal size and spirochete acquisition of Ornithodoros hermsi (Acari: Argasidae) during feeding. J Med Entomol (2010) 0.93
Characterization of a novel relapsing fever spirochete in the midgut, coxal fluid, and salivary glands of the bat tick Carios kelleyi. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 0.91
Tick-borne relapsing fever polymerase chain reaction of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia hermsii. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 0.89
Identification of conserved antigens for early serodiagnosis of relapsing fever Borrelia. Microbiology (2009) 0.87
Borrelia hermsii acquisition order in superinfected ticks determines transmission efficiency. Infect Immun (2013) 0.87
Dual role of MyD88 in rapid clearance of relapsing fever Borrelia spp. Infect Immun (2006) 0.87
Relapsing fever spirochetes contain chromosomal genes with unique direct tandemly repeated sequences. Infect Immun (2005) 0.86
Interaction of Borrelia burgdorferi Hbb with the p66 promoter. Nucleic Acids Res (2009) 0.85
Population dynamics of a heterogeneous Borrelia burgdorferi B31 strain in an experimental mouse-tick infectious cycle. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2002) 0.84
Borrelia burgdorferi BbHtrA degrades host ECM proteins and stimulates release of inflammatory cytokines in vitro. Mol Microbiol (2013) 0.84
Antigenicity and recombination of VlsE, the antigenic variation protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, in rabbits, a host putatively resistant to long-term infection with this spirochete. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2007) 0.84
Development of genetic system to inactivate a Borrelia turicatae surface protein selectively produced within the salivary glands of the arthropod vector. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 0.83
Periplasmic flagellar export apparatus protein, FliH, is involved in post-transcriptional regulation of FlaB, motility and virulence of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
Relapsing fever spirochaetes produce a serine protease that provides resistance to oxidative stress and killing by neutrophils. Mol Microbiol (2006) 0.83
Acquisition and subsequent transmission of Borrelia hermsii by the soft tick Ornithodoros hermsi. J Med Entomol (2011) 0.82
Oms38 is the first identified pore-forming protein in the outer membrane of relapsing fever spirochetes. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.82
Identical strains of Borrelia hermsii in mammal and bird. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.82
Borrelia burgdorferi-specific monoclonal antibodies derived from mice primed with Lyme disease spirochete-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks. Hybrid Hybridomics (2002) 0.82
Cotransmission of divergent relapsing fever spirochetes by artificially infected Ornithodoros hermsi. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.79
Serologic evidence for Borrelia hermsii infection in rodents on federally owned recreational areas in California. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2013) 0.79
Rapid detection methods and prevalence estimation for Borrelia lonestari glpQ in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) pools of unequal size. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2005) 0.78
Practice-Based Research Network Partnership with CDC to acquire clinical specimens to study the etiology of southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). J Am Board Fam Med (2010) 0.78
Tickborne relapsing fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA. Emerg Infect Dis (2015) 0.77
SUSPECTED LYME BORRELIOSIS IN A CAPTIVE ADULT CHIMPANZEE (PAN TROGLODYTES). J Zoo Wildl Med (2015) 0.75
Reply to "No evidence for contamination of Borrelia blood cultures: a review of facts". J Clin Microbiol (2014) 0.75
Unique strain of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Mali. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 0.75