Domain Bacteria Order Spirochaetales Genus Borrelia Higher classification Borrelia | Phylum Spirochaetes Family Spirochaetaceae Scientific name Borrelia afzelii Rank Species | |
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Similar Spirochaetes, Bacteria, Ixodes, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus | ||
Borrelia afzelii is a species of Borrelia a bacterium that can infect various species of vertebrates and invertebrates.
Among 30 Borrelia known species, it is one of four which are likely to infect humans causing a variant of Lyme disease.
Coinfection by this Borrelia species with one or more pathogens can occur, carried by the vector, which appears to be in most cases the tick.
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