Borrelia

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 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