Borrelia Ecology and Evolution: Ticks and Hosts and the Environment

Gabriele Margos¹, Anna Jonsson Henningsson^{2

3

4}, Mateusz Markowicz⁵, Volker Fingerle¹

Affiliations

¹ National Reference Center for Borrelia, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr, 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
² Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology in Jönköping, Linköping University, Region Jönköping County, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology in Linköping, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ AGES-Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Editorial

Gabriele Margos et al. Microorganisms. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 26;10(8):1513.

doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10081513.

Gabriele Margos¹, Anna Jonsson Henningsson^{2

3

4}, Mateusz Markowicz⁵, Volker Fingerle¹

¹ National Reference Center for Borrelia, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr, 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
² Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology in Jönköping, Linköping University, Region Jönköping County, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology in Linköping, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ AGES-Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Abstract

The genus Borrelia encompasses bacterial pathogens that can cause Lyme borreliosis (LB) and relapsing fever (RF) [...].

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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