Enfermedad de Lyme, organismo Borrelia burgdorferi
La enfermedad de Lyme es causada por una bacteria llamada Borreliaburgdorferi., conocida como espiroqueta dada su forma larga y enroscada. Esta fotografía muestra su típica apariencia enroscada. (Cortesía de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades -CDC- de los Estados Unidos)
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Last reviewed 3/15/2012 by Mark Levin, MD, Division of Infectious Disease, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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