Borrelia_burgdorferi

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Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia burg·dor·fe·ri (bərg-dôr'fə-rī)
n.
A parasite causing Lyme disease in humans.

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borrelia burgdorferi

noun
cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes 
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