Lab 11- Borrelia

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

Infected animals, rodents, arthropods, tropical countries

Question 2

Morphology

Answer 2

3-20 um periplasmic flagellated, irregular

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

B. Anserina 
B. Theileri 
B. Burgdorferi 
B. Afzelli 
B. Garinii 
B. Recurrentis 
B. Hispanica 
B. Caucasica

Question 4

B. Anserina cause?

Answer 4

Avian borreliosis (avian spirochaetosis)

Question 5

B. Theileri cause?

Answer 5

Horse, cattle; borreliosis, (vector ticks), tropics

Question 6

B. Burgorferi, b. Afzelii, b. Garinii cause?

Answer 6

Lyme-borreliosis human, horse, dogs, cattle

Natural hosts, small rodents

Question 7

B. Recurrentis, b. Hispanica, b. Caucasica cause?

Answer 7

Human tick born relapsing fever

Question 8

B. Anserina characteristics

Answer 8

Stain with giemsa, fuchsin

Protein, haemoglobin, embryonated egg