Borrelia valaisiana

Borrelia valaisiana is a spirochaete bacterium; strain VS116 is the type strain.[1] It is a potential pathogen.[2][3]

Borrelia valaisiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Spirochaetes
Class:
Spirochaetes
Order:
Spirochaetales
Family:
Spirochaetaceae
Genus:
Borrelia
Species:
Borrelia valaisiana

Wang et al., 1997

References
  1. Wang, G.; Van Dam, A. P.; Fleche, A. L.; Postic, D.; Peter, O.; Baranton, G.; De Boer, R.; Spanjaard, L.; Dankert, J. (1997). "Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia Genomic Groups VS116 and M19)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 926–932. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-926. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9336888.
  2. Saito K, Ito T, Asashima N, et al. (December 2007). "Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77 (6): 1124–7. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1124. PMID 18165534. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. Schwab J, Hammerschmidt C, Richter D, et al. (2013). "Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components". PLoS ONE. 8 (1): e53659. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053659. PMC 3539980. PMID 23320099.

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