摘 要: 莱姆病是一种蜱传性人兽共患病，在我国北方各省广泛流行，其病原体为伯氏疏螺旋体。莱姆病可使皮肤、心脏、关节和神经系统等多种组织器官受损。本文综述了莱姆病螺旋体的形态、种下分类、生化特征、传播媒介和贮存宿主等方面的研究进展”

    关键词: 莱姆病;伯氏疏螺旋体;媒介蜱;贮存宿主

    PROGRESS IN RESEARCHES ON THE LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE BORRELIA BURGDOFERI

    LIAO De-feng，CHEN Ji-wu，XIE Ping，FU Bei-bei，ZHU Zhen-qin

    (School of Life Science，East China Normal University，Shanghai200062，China)

    Abstract: Lyme disease is a zoonose epidemic widely in the provinces in North China.The pathogenic agent of the disease is the spirochete Borrelia burgdoferi.Lyme disease causes various disorders of skin，heart，arthroses and nerve system and seriously deteriorates healthy life.The present paper reviews the research advancement in the morphology，subspecies classification，biochemical characteristics，vectors and animal hosts of Borrelia burgdoferi.

    Key words: Lyme disease;Borrelia burgdoferi;tick vector;host

    莱姆病(Lyme disease)是一种蜱传性人兽共患病，其病原体为伯氏疏螺旋体(Borrelia burgdoferi)。莱姆病的传播媒介主要是蓖子硬蜱复合体(Ixodex ricinus complex)诸种蜱类，临床主要表现为皮肤、心脏、神经及关节等多种组织器官的损害。Steere博士[1] 于20世纪70年代在美国康涅狄格州莱姆镇首先确认当地的肩板硬蜱(Ixodes scalpularis)是该病的媒介 ......