Walsh & Hoyt: Borrelia Species

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Identifier wh_ch56_p3077_1
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Borrelia Species
Creator Robert L. Lesser, MD
Affiliation (RLL) The Eye Care Group, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Neurology at Yale, Clinical Professor of Neurology and Surgery (Neurosurgery) at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Subject Infectious Diseases; Borrelia Species
Description Like all spirochetes, Borrelia species are Gram-negative helical organisms that are 0.20.5 micrometers wide and 320 micrometers long, with a protoplasmic cylinder surrounded by a cytoplasmic membrane, then by periplasm and, finally, by an outer membrane. Borrelia are longer and more loosely coiled thanother spirochetes. There are 19 species of Borrelia. B. burgdorferi is responsible for all cases of Lyme disease inthe United States, whereas B. afzelii and B. garinii are responsible for the disease in Europe and Asia. Other Borrelia species cause relapsing fever.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66q55q0
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