Science 18 June 1982: Vol. 216. no. 4552, pp. 1317 - 1319 DOI: 10.1126/science.7043737

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Population Structure of the Lyme Borreliosis Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the Western Black-Legged Tick (Ixodes pacificus) in Northern California.

Y. A. Girard, B. Travinsky, A. Schotthoefer, N. Fedorova, R. J. Eisen, L. Eisen, A. G. Barbour, and R. S. Lane (2009)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 75, 7243-7252
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Development of a Single-Plasmid-Based Regulatable Gene Expression System for Borrelia burgdorferi.

C. R. Whetstine, J. G. Slusser, and W. R. Zuckert (2009)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 75, 6553-6558
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Borrelia burgdorferi Resistance to a Major Skin Antimicrobial Peptide Is Independent of Outer Surface Lipoprotein Content.

A. Sarkar, K. Tilly, P. Stewart, A. Bestor, J. M. Battisti, and P. A. Rosa (2009)
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 53, 4490-4494
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Toll-like receptors mediate induction of hepcidin in mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi.

C. L. Koening, J. C. Miller, J. M. Nelson, D. M. Ward, J. P. Kushner, L. K. Bockenstedt, J. J. Weis, J. Kaplan, and I. De Domenico (2009)
Blood 114, 1913-1918
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Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Plays a Key Role in Lyme Arthritis but Not in Dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi.

A. J. Heilpern, W. Wertheim, J. He, G. Perides, R. T. Bronson, and L. T. Hu (2009)
Infect. Immun. 77, 2643-2649
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The bactericidal effect of a complement-independent antibody is osmolytic and specific to Borrelia.

T. J. LaRocca, D. J. Holthausen, C. Hsieh, C. Renken, C. A. Mannella, and J. L. Benach (2009)
PNAS 106, 10752-10757
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Lyme Neuroborreliosis: Manifestations of a Rapidly Emerging Zoonosis.

P. Hildenbrand, D.E. Craven, R. Jones, and P. Nemeskal (2009)
AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 30, 1079-1087
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Acylated Cholesteryl Galactosides Are Specific Antigens of Borrelia Causing Lyme Disease and Frequently Induce Antibodies in Late Stages of Disease.

G. Stubs, V. Fingerle, B. Wilske, U. B. Gobel, U. Zahringer, R. R. Schumann, and N. W. J. Schroder (2009)
J. Biol. Chem. 284, 13326-13334
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A manganese transporter, BB0219 (BmtA), is required for virulence by the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.

Z. Ouyang, M. He, T. Oman, X. F. Yang, and M. V. Norgard (2009)
PNAS 106, 3449-3454
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First Detection and Molecular Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi-like Spirochetes in Ixodes granulatus Ticks Collected on Kinmen Island of Taiwan.

L.-L. Chao, W.-J. Wu, and C.-M. Shih (2009)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80, 389-394
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Live Borrelia burgdorferi Spirochetes Elicit Inflammatory Mediators from Human Monocytes via the Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathway.

V. A. Dennis, S. Dixit, S. M. O'Brien, X. Alvarez, B. Pahar, and M. T. Philipp (2009)
Infect. Immun. 77, 1238-1245
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A Critical Role for Type I IFN in Arthritis Development following Borrelia burgdorferi Infection of Mice.

J. C. Miller, Y. Ma, J. Bian, K. C. F. Sheehan, J. F. Zachary, J. H. Weis, R. D. Schreiber, and J. J. Weis (2008)
J. Immunol. 181, 8492-8503
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Transcriptional interplay among the regulators Rrp2, RpoN and RpoS in Borrelia burgdorferi.

Z. Ouyang, J. S. Blevins, and M. V. Norgard (2008)
Microbiology 154, 2641-2658
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Essential Role of the Response Regulator Rrp2 in the Infectious Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi.

B. K. Boardman, M. He, Z. Ouyang, H. Xu, X. Pang, and X. F. Yang (2008)
Infect. Immun. 76, 3844-3853
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Borrelia burgdorferi vlsE Antigenic Variation Is Not Mediated by RecA.

D. Liveris, V. Mulay, S. Sandigursky, and I. Schwartz (2008)
Infect. Immun. 76, 4009-4018
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Activation of {gamma}{delta} T Cells by Borrelia burgdorferi Is Indirect via a TLR- and Caspase-Dependent Pathway.

C. Collins, C. Shi, J. Q. Russell, K. A. Fortner, and R. C. Budd (2008)
J. Immunol. 181, 2392-2398
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A Genome-Wide Proteome Array Reveals a Limited Set of Immunogens in Natural Infections of Humans and White-Footed Mice with Borrelia burgdorferi.

A. G. Barbour, A. Jasinskas, M. A. Kayala, D. H. Davies, A. C. Steere, P. Baldi, and P. L. Felgner (2008)
Infect. Immun. 76, 3374-3389
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MLST of housekeeping genes captures geographic population structure and suggests a European origin of Borrelia burgdorferi.

(2008)
PNAS 105, 8730-8735

Borrelia infection and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

C. Schollkopf, M. Melbye, L. Munksgaard, K. E. Smedby, K. Rostgaard, B. Glimelius, E. T. Chang, G. Roos, M. Hansen, H.-O. Adami, et al. (2008)
Blood 111, 5524-5529
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Borrelia burgdorferi Surface-Localized Proteins Expressed during Persistent Murine Infection Are Conserved among Diverse Borrelia spp..

J. L. Hughes, C. L. Nolder, A. J. Nowalk, D. R. Clifton, R. R. Howison, V. L. Schmit, R. D. Gilmore Jr., and J. A. Carroll (2008)
Infect. Immun. 76, 2498-2511
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Reciprocal Expression of ospA and ospC in Single Cells of Borrelia burgdorferi.

S. Y. Srivastava and A. M. de Silva (2008)
J. Bacteriol. 190, 3429-3433
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A Tightly Regulated Surface Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Is Not Essential to the Mouse-Tick Infectious Cycle.

P. E. Stewart, A. Bestor, J. N. Cullen, and P. A. Rosa (2008)
Infect. Immun. 76, 1970-1978
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Bactericidal Action of a Complement-Independent Antibody against Relapsing Fever Borrelia Resides in Its Variable Region.

T. J. LaRocca, L. I. Katona, D. G. Thanassi, and J. L. Benach (2008)
J. Immunol. 180, 6222-6228
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A Novel Mechanism of Complement Inhibition Unmasked by a Tick Salivary Protein That Binds to Properdin.

K. R. Tyson, C. Elkins, and A. M. de Silva (2008)
J. Immunol. 180, 3964-3968
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Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 2 (CspZ) as a Serological Marker of Human Lyme Disease.

P. Kraiczy, A. Seling, C. A. Brissette, E. Rossmann, K.-P. Hunfeld, T. Bykowski, L. H. Burns, M. J. Troese, A. E. Cooley, J. C. Miller, et al. (2008)
Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 15, 484-491
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Conspicuous impacts of inconspicuous hosts on the Lyme disease epidemic.

D. Brisson, D. E Dykhuizen, and R. S Ostfeld (2008)
Proc R Soc B 275, 227-235
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Borrelia valaisiana Infection in a Japanese Man Associated with Traveling to Foreign Countries.

K. Saito, T. Ito, N. Asashima, M. Ohno, R. Nagai, H. Fujita, N. Koizumi, A. Takano, H. Watanabe, and H. Kawabata (2007)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77, 1124-1127
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Role of Outer Surface Protein D in the Borrelia burgdorferi Life Cycle.

X. Li, G. Neelakanta, X. Liu, D. S. Beck, F. S. Kantor, D. Fish, J. F. Anderson, and E. Fikrig (2007)
Infect. Immun. 75, 4237-4244
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Purine Salvage Pathways among Borrelia Species.

J. Pettersson, M. E. Schrumpf, S. J. Raffel, S. F. Porcella, C. Guyard, K. Lawrence, F. C. Gherardini, and T. G. Schwan (2007)
Infect. Immun. 75, 3877-3884
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Pathogen Specificity and Autoimmunity Are Distinct Features of Antigen-Driven Immune Responses in Neuroborreliosis.

S. Kuenzle, H.-C. von Budingen, M. Meier, M. D. Harrer, E. Urich, B. Becher, and N. Goebels (2007)
Infect. Immun. 75, 3842-3847
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Does This Patient Have Erythema Migrans?.

C. D. Tibbles and J. A. Edlow (2007)
JAMA 297, 2617-2627
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Microalbuminuria and Comparison of Serologic Testing for Exposure to Borrelia Burgdorferi in Nonclinical Labrador and Golden Retrievers.

R. E. Goldstein, A. P. Cordner, J. L. Sandler, B. A. Bellohusen, and H. N. Erb (2007)
J Vet Diagn Invest 19, 294-297
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Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Unique Pathways Associated with Differential Severity of Lyme Arthritis.

H. Crandall, D. M. Dunn, Y. Ma, R. M. Wooten, J. F. Zachary, J. H. Weis, R. B. Weiss, and J. J. Weis (2006)
J. Immunol. 177, 7930-7942
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Cutting Edge: CD4 Is the Receptor for the Tick Saliva Immunosuppressor, Salp15.

R. Garg, I. J. Juncadella, N. Ramamoorthi, Ashish, S. K. Ananthanarayanan, V. Thomas, M. Rincon, J. K. Krueger, E. Fikrig, C. M. Yengo, et al. (2006)
J. Immunol. 177, 6579-6583
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IL-10 Deficiency Promotes Increased Borrelia burgdorferi Clearance Predominantly through Enhanced Innate Immune Responses.

J. J. Lazarus, M. J. Meadows, R. E. Lintner, and R. M. Wooten (2006)
J. Immunol. 177, 7076-7085
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Comparison of direct fluorescent antibody staining and real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks.

G. Gaumond, A. Tyropolis, S. Grodzicki, and S. Bushmich (2006)
J Vet Diagn Invest 18, 583-586
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Coinfections Acquired from Ixodes Ticks.

S. J. Swanson, D. Neitzel, K. D. Reed, and E. A. Belongia (2006)
Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19, 708-727
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Interleukin-10 Anti-Inflammatory Response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the Agent of Lyme Disease: a Possible Role for Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling 1 and 3..

V. A. Dennis, A. Jefferson, S. R. Singh, F. Ganapamo, and M. T. Philipp (2006)
Infect. Immun. 74, 5780-5789
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Serologic Proteome Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Membrane-Associated Proteins.

A. J. Nowalk, R. D. Gilmore Jr, and J. A. Carroll (2006)
Infect. Immun. 74, 3864-3873
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Borrelia burgdorferi Lacking BBK32, a Fibronectin-Binding Protein, Retains Full Pathogenicity..

X. Li, X. Liu, D. S. Beck, F. S. Kantor, and E. Fikrig (2006)
Infect. Immun. 74, 3305-3313
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Delineating the Requirement for the Borrelia burgdorferi Virulence Factor OspC in the Mammalian Host..

P. E. Stewart, X. Wang, D. M. Bueschel, D. R. Clifton, D. Grimm, K. Tilly, J. A. Carroll, J. J. Weis, and P. A. Rosa (2006)
Infect. Immun. 74, 3547-3553
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The BBA01 Protein, a Member of Paralog Family 48 from Borrelia burgdorferi, Is Potentially Interchangeable with the Channel-Forming Protein P13..

M. Pinne, K. Denker, E. Nilsson, R. Benz, and S. Bergstrom (2006)
J. Bacteriol. 188, 4207-4217
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A MODEST MODEL EXPLAINS THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI STRAINS.

D. BRISSON and D. E. DYKHUIZEN (2006)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74, 615-622
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Tick prevention in a population living in a highly endemic area.

L. Stjernberg and J. Berglund (2005)
Scand J Public Health 33, 432-438
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Aggravated Lyme Carditis in CD11a-/- and CD11c-/- Mice.

M. Guerau-de-Arellano, J. Alroy, D. Bullard, and B. T. Huber (2005)
Infect. Immun. 73, 7637-7643
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Improvement of Lyme Borreliosis Serodiagnosis by a Newly Developed Recombinant Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM Line Immunoblot Assay and Addition of VlsE and DbpA Homologues.

G. Goettner, U. Schulte-Spechtel, R. Hillermann, G. Liegl, B. Wilske, and V. Fingerle (2005)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 43, 3602-3609
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Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis.

M. E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, G. Wang, I. Schwartz, and G. P. Wormser (2005)
Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 18, 484-509
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{beta}2 Integrins Control the Severity of Murine Lyme Carditis.

M. Guerau-de-Arellano, J. Alroy, and B. T. Huber (2005)
Infect. Immun. 73, 3242-3250
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Synthesis of Autoinducer 2 by the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.

K. Babb, K. von Lackum, R. L. Wattier, S. P. Riley, and B. Stevenson (2005)
J. Bacteriol. 187, 3079-3087
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Identification of a New Borrelia Species among Small Mammals in Areas of Northern Spain Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic.

H. Gil, M. Barral, R. Escudero, A. L. Garcia-Perez, and P. Anda (2005)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 71, 1336-1345
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The Etiological Agent of Lyme Disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, Appears To Contain Only a Few Small RNA Molecules.

Y. Ostberg, I. Bunikis, S. Bergstrom, and J. Johansson (2004)
J. Bacteriol. 186, 8472-8477
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Demonstration of the Involvement of Outer Surface Protein E Coiled Coil Structural Domains and Higher Order Structural Elements in the Binding of Infection-Induced Antibody and the Complement-Regulatory Protein, Factor H.

J. V. McDowell, J. Wolfgang, L. Senty, C. M. Sundy, M. J. Noto, and R. T. Marconi (2004)
J. Immunol. 173, 7471-7480
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Interaction and Transmission of Two Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Strains in a Tick-Rodent Maintenance System.

M. Derdakova, V. Dudioak, B. Brei, J. S. Brownstein, I. Schwartz, and D. Fish (2004)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 70, 6783-6788
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Variations in Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly Culture Medium Modulate Infectivity and Pathogenicity of Borrelia burgdorferi Clinical Isolates.

G. Wang, R. Iyer, S. Bittker, D. Cooper, J. Small, G. P. Wormser, and I. Schwartz (2004)
Infect. Immun. 72, 6702-6706
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Genome-Wide Transposon Mutagenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi for Identification of Phenotypic Mutants.

P. E. Stewart, J. Hoff, E. Fischer, J. G. Krum, and P. A. Rosa (2004)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 70, 5973-5979
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Experimental Assessment of the Roles of Linear Plasmids lp25 and lp28-1 of Borrelia burgdorferi throughout the Infectious Cycle.

D. Grimm, C. H. Eggers, M. J. Caimano, K. Tilly, P. E. Stewart, A. F. Elias, J. D. Radolf, and P. A. Rosa (2004)
Infect. Immun. 72, 5938-5946
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The Fur Homologue in Borrelia burgdorferi.

L. I. Katona, R. Tokarz, C. J. Kuhlow, J. Benach, and J. L. Benach (2004)
J. Bacteriol. 186, 6443-6456
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BBK32, a Fibronectin Binding MSCRAMM from Borrelia burgdorferi, Contains a Disordered Region That Undergoes a Conformational Change on Ligand Binding.

J. H. Kim, J. Singvall, U. Schwarz-Linek, B. J. B. Johnson, J. R. Potts, and M. Hook (2004)
J. Biol. Chem. 279, 41706-41714
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Genetic exchange and plasmid transfers in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto revealed by three-way genome comparisons and multilocus sequence typing.

W.-G. Qiu, S. E. Schutzer, J. F. Bruno, O. Attie, Y. Xu, J. J. Dunn, C. M. Fraser, S. R. Casjens, and B. J. Luft (2004)
PNAS 101, 14150-14155
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Treatment of Mice with the Neutrophil-Depleting Antibody RB6-8C5 Results in Early Development of Experimental Lyme Arthritis via the Recruitment of Gr-1- Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte-Like Cells.

C. R. Brown, V. A. Blaho, and C. M. Loiacono (2004)
Infect. Immun. 72, 4956-4965
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Combined Effects of Blood and Temperature Shift on Borrelia burgdorferi Gene Expression as Determined by Whole Genome DNA Array.

R. Tokarz, J. M. Anderton, L. I. Katona, and J. L. Benach (2004)
Infect. Immun. 72, 5419-5432
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MyD88 Plays a Unique Role in Host Defense but Not Arthritis Development in Lyme Disease.

D. D. Bolz, R. S. Sundsbak, Y. Ma, S. Akira, C. J. Kirschning, J. F. Zachary, J. H. Weis, and J. J. Weis (2004)
J. Immunol. 173, 2003-2010
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Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi.

J. W. Courtney, L. M. Kostelnik, N. S. Zeidner, and R. F. Massung (2004)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 42, 3164-3168
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Appropriateness of Lyme Disease Serologic Testing.

A. H. Ramsey, E. A. Belongia, P.-H. Chyou, and J. P. Davis (2004)
Ann. Fam. Med 2, 341-344
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Bartonella spp., Babesia microti, and Anaplasma phagocytophila in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Northern New Jersey.

M. E. Adelson, R.-V. S. Rao, R. C. Tilton, K. Cabets, E. Eskow, L. Fein, J. L. Occi, and E. Mordechai (2004)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 42, 2799-2801
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The Essential Nature of the Ubiquitous 26-Kilobase Circular Replicon of Borrelia burgdorferi.

R. Byram, P. E. Stewart, and P. Rosa (2004)
J. Bacteriol. 186, 3561-3569
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Lysine-Dependent Multipoint Binding of the Borrelia burgdorferi Virulence Factor Outer Surface Protein E to the C Terminus of Factor H.

A. Alitalo, T. Meri, T. Chen, H. Lankinen, Z.-Z. Cheng, T. S. Jokiranta, I. J. T. Seppala, P. Lahdenne, P. S. Hefty, D. R. Akins, et al. (2004)
J. Immunol. 172, 6195-6201
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New genomospecies related to Borrelia valaisiana, isolated from mammals in Okinawa archipelago, Japan.

T. Masuzawa, N. Hashimoto, M. Kudeken, T. Kadosaka, M. Nakamura, H. Kawabata, N. Koizumi, and Y. Imai (2004)
J. Med. Microbiol. 53, 421-426
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Whole-Genome DNA Array Analysis of the Response of Borrelia burgdorferi to a Bactericidal Monoclonal Antibody.

J. M. Anderton, R. Tokarz, C. D. Thill, C. J. Kuhlow, C. S. Brooks, D. R. Akins, L. I. Katona, and J. L. Benach (2004)
Infect. Immun. 72, 2035-2044
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Pleiotropic Effects of Inactivating a Carboxyl-Terminal Protease, CtpA, in Borrelia burgdorferi.

Y. Ostberg, J. A. Carroll, M. Pinne, J. G. Krum, P. Rosa, and S. Bergstrom (2004)
J. Bacteriol. 186, 2074-2084
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Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: A protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals.

D. Grimm, K. Tilly, R. Byram, P. E. Stewart, J. G. Krum, D. M. Bueschel, T. G. Schwan, P. F. Policastro, A. F. Elias, and P. A. Rosa (2004)
PNAS 101, 3142-3147
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Isolation and Characterization of Borrelia hermsii Associated with Two Foci of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in California.

C. L. Fritz, L. R. Bronson, C. R. Smith, M. E. Schriefer, J. R. Tucker, and T. G. Schwan (2004)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 42, 1123-1128
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Borrelia Outer Membrane Surface Proteins and Transmission Through the Tick.

T. J. Templeton (2004)
J. Exp. Med. 199, 603-606
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Essential Role for OspA/B in the Life Cycle of the Lyme Disease Spirochete.

X. F. Yang, U. Pal, S. M. Alani, E. Fikrig, and M. V. Norgard (2004)
J. Exp. Med. 199, 641-648
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Generation of a Complement-Independent Bactericidal IgM against a Relapsing Fever Borrelia.

S. E. Connolly, D. G. Thanassi, and J. L. Benach (2004)
J. Immunol. 172, 1191-1197
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Infection and Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle from Nonhuman Primates Infected with Different Genospecies of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.

D. Cadavid, Y. Bai, D. Dail, M. Hurd, K. Narayan, E. Hodzic, S. W. Barthold, and A. R. Pachner (2003)
Infect. Immun. 71, 7087-7098
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Acylated Cholesteryl Galactoside as a Novel Immunogenic Motif in Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto.

N. W. J. Schroder, U. Schombel, H. Heine, U. B. Gobel, U. Zahringer, and R. R. Schumann (2003)
J. Biol. Chem. 278, 33645-33653
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First isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Turkey.

E. S. Guner, N. Hashimoto, N. Takada, K. Kaneda, Y. Imai, and T. Masuzawa (2003)
J. Med. Microbiol. 52, 807-813
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The Absence of Linear Plasmid 25 or 28-1 of Borrelia burgdorferi Dramatically Alters the Kinetics of Experimental Infection via Distinct Mechanisms.

M. Labandeira-Rey, J. Seshu, and J. T. Skare (2003)
Infect. Immun. 71, 4608-4613
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PCR-Reverse Line Blot Typing Method Underscores the Genomic Heterogeneity of Borrelia valaisiana Species and Suggests Its Potential Involvement in Lyme Disease.

E. Godfroid, C. Min Hu, P.-F. Humair, A. Bollen, and L. Gern (2003)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 41, 3690-3698
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Tripalmitoyl-S-Glyceryl-Cysteine-Dependent OspA Vaccination of Toll-Like Receptor 2-Deficient Mice Results in Effective Protection from Borrelia burgdorferi Challenge.

A. Yoder, X. Wang, Y. Ma, M. T. Philipp, M. Heilbrun, J. H. Weis, C. J. Kirschning, R. M. Wooten, and J. J. Weis (2003)
Infect. Immun. 71, 3894-3900
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A newly discovered cholesteryl galactoside from Borrelia burgdorferi.

G. Ben-Menachem, J. Kubler-Kielb, B. Coxon, A. Yergey, and R. Schneerson (2003)
PNAS 100, 7913-7918
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Study and treatment of post Lyme disease (STOP-LD): A randomized double masked clinical trial.

L. B. Krupp, L. G. Hyman, R. Grimson, P. K. Coyle, P. Melville, S. Ahnn, R. Dattwyler, and B. Chandler (2003)
Neurology 60, 1923-1930
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Plasmid Stability during In Vitro Propagation of Borrelia burgdorferi Assessed at a Clonal Level.

D. Grimm, A. F. Elias, K. Tilly, and P. A. Rosa (2003)
Infect. Immun. 71, 3138-3145
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The Immune Response at Onset and During Recovery From Borrelia burgdorferi Meningoradiculitis.

S. Cepok, D. Zhou, F. Vogel, B. Rosche, V. Grummel, N. Sommer, and B. Hemmer (2003)
Arch Neurol 60, 849-855
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Conservation of Plasmid Maintenance Functions between Linear and Circular Plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi.

P. E. Stewart, G. Chaconas, and P. Rosa (2003)
J. Bacteriol. 185, 3202-3209
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Immunological and genetic characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi BapA and EppA proteins.

J. C. Miller and B. Stevenson (2003)
Microbiology 149, 1113-1125
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Molecular Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania.

J. W. Courtney, R. L. Dryden, J. Montgomery, B. S. Schneider, G. Smith, and R. F. Massung (2003)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 41, 1569-1573
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In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Four Antibiotics against Borrelia burgdorferi: a Comparison of Results for the Three Genospecies Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto.

M. Sicklinger, R. Wienecke, and U. Neubert (2003)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 41, 1791-1793
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Regulation of Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi {beta}3-Chain Integrin Ligand, P66, in Ticks and in Culture.

C. Cugini, M. Medrano, T. G. Schwan, and J. Coburn (2003)
Infect. Immun. 71, 1001-1007
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Expression of spoT in Borrelia burgdorferi during Serum Starvation.

M. B. Concepcion and D. R. Nelson (2003)
J. Bacteriol. 185, 444-452
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Genetic Variability within Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies Established by PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the rrfA-rrlB Intergenic Spacer in Ixodes ricinus Ticks from the Czech Republic.

M. Derdakova, L. Beati, B. Pet'ko, M. Stanko, and D. Fish (2003)
Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 69, 509-516
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Elimination of Channel-Forming Activity by Insertional Inactivation of the p13 Gene in Borrelia burgdorferi.

Y. Ostberg, M. Pinne, R. Benz, P. Rosa, and S. Bergstrom (2002)
J. Bacteriol. 184, 6811-6819
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Morphoea and Borrelia burgdorferi: results from the Scottish Highlands in the context of the world literature.

J R Goodlad, M M Davidson, P Gordon, R Billington, and D O Ho-Yen (2002)
Mol. Pathol. 55, 374-378
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groEL Expression in gyrB Mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi.

J. Alverson and D. S. Samuels (2002)
J. Bacteriol. 184, 6069-6072
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OspE-Related, OspF-Related, and Elp Lipoproteins Are Immunogenic in Baboons Experimentally Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi and in Human Lyme Disease Patients.

P. S. Hefty, C. S. Brooks, A. M. Jett, G. L. White, S. K. Wikel, R. C. Kennedy, and D. R. Akins (2002)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 40, 4256-4265
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Complement Inhibitor Factor H Binding to Lyme Disease Spirochetes Is Mediated by Inducible Expression of Multiple Plasmid-Encoded Outer Surface Protein E Paralogs.

A. Alitalo, T. Meri, H. Lankinen, I. Seppala, P. Lahdenne, P. S. Hefty, D. Akins, and S. Meri (2002)
J. Immunol. 169, 3847-3853
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