Borrelia valaisiana explained

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

Further reading

• Diza, Eudoxia, et al. "Borrelia valaisiana in cerebrospinal fluid." Emerging infectious diseases 10.9 (2004): 1692.
• Schutzer. S. E.. Fraser-Liggett. C. M.. Qiu. W.-G.. Kraiczy. P.. Mongodin. E. F.. Dunn. J. J.. Luft. B. J.. Casjens. S. R.. Whole-Genome Sequences of Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia valaisiana, and Borrelia spielmanii. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. 2. 2011. 545–546. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.06263-11. 22207749. 3256645.
• Ryffel, Karine, and O. Péter. "From discovery to clinical implications: Borrelia valaisiana." JOURNAL OF SPIROCHETAL AND TICK BORNE DISEASES7.FALL/WIN (2000): 64–72.

External links

• • Type strain of Borrelia valaisiana at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Wang. G.. Van Dam. A. P.. Fleche. A. L.. Postic. D.. Peter. O.. Baranton. G.. De Boer. R.. Spanjaard. L.. Dankert. J.. Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia Genomic Groups VS116 and M19). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 4. 1997. 926–932. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-47-4-926. 9336888. free.
2. Saito K . Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries . . 77 . 6 . 1124–7 . December 2007 . 18165534 . 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1124. 2013-07-31. vanc. Ito T . Asashima N . etal . free .
3. Schwab J . Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components . . 8 . 1 . e53659 . 2013 . 23320099 . 3539980 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0053659 . vanc. Hammerschmidt C . Richter D . 2013PLoSO...853659S . etal . free .