Borrelia venezuelensis

Borrelia venezuelensis
an etiologic agent of tick-borne relapsing fever in Central and South America, transmitted by the tick Ornithodoros rudis, which is carried by monkeys and rodents. Called also B. neotropicalis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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