Borrelia burgdorferi-cropped

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Description: English: Using darkfield microscopy technique, this photomicrograph, magnified 400x, reveals the presence of spirochete, or “corkscrew-shaped” bacteria known as Borrelia burgdorferi, which is the pathogen responsible for causing Lyme disease. Borrelia burgdorferi are helical shaped bacteria, and are about 10-25µm long. These bacteria are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected deer tick, and caused more than 23,000 cases of Lyme disease in the United States during 2002. Italiano: Borrelia burgdorferi, l'agente batterico che causa la malattia di lyme. Ingrandito 400 volte. Ελληνικά: Το βακτήριο Borrelia. Français : Borrelia burgdorferi, le parasite qui cause la maladie de Lyme a une forme serpentine et spiralée particulière, d'où son nom de spirochète. Italiano: Borrelia burgdorferi:Il batterio responsabile. Nederlands: Borrelia burgdorferi is de veroorzaker van Lymeziekte. Svenska: Borrelia burgdorferi.Bild: CDC, 1993. (PD). Date: 1993. Source: : This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #6631. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. العربية | Deutsch | English | македонски | slovenščina | +/−. Cropped and uploaded originally to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Borrelia_image.jpg). Author: Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC. Permission(Reusing this file): PD-USGov-HHS-CDC English: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image. Other versions: Uncropped version.