| Species
|
Disease
|
Vector
|
Reservoir
|
Notes
|
| Borrelia burgdorferi
|
European and North American Lyme disease
|
Ixodes scapularis (northeastern/midwestern USA) Ixodes pacificus (western USA) ticks
|
rodents and deer
|
more joint involvement
|
| Borrelia afzelii
|
European Lyme disease
|
Ixodes ricinus in Europe and Ixodes persulcatus in Asia
|
|
most common in Europe; more skin manifestations
|
| Borrelia garinii
|
|
most common in Europe and Asia; more neurotropic
|
| Borrelia spielmanii
|
|
|
| Borrelia bavariensis
|
|
|
| Borrelia miyamotoi
|
Borrelia miyamotoi disease
|
Ixodes ticks
|
small mammals
|
present wherever Ixodes ticks are
|
| Borrelia recurrentis
|
louse-borne relapsing fever
|
Pediculus humanus humanus body louse
|
humans
|
|
| Borrelia hermsii
|
tick-borne relapsing fever
|
Ornithodoros hermsii ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia turicatae
|
Ornithodoros turicata ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia parkeri
|
Ornithodoros parkeri ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia mazzottii
|
Ornithodoros talaje ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia venezuelensis
|
Ornithodoros rudis ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia crocidurae
|
Ornithodoros erraticus ticks
|
rodents
|
|
| Borrelia hispanica
|
Ornithodoros maracanus ticks
|
|
|
