Borrelia garinii

Borrelia garinii

a bacterial genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato causing Lyme disease in Europe and Asia; transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus in central and western Europe and by the tick, Ixodes persulcatus, in Eurasia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
See also: Borrelia burgdorferi.

Bor·rel·i·a ga·ri·ni·i

(bŏ-rel'ē-ă gă-rin'ē-ī) A bacterial genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato causing Lyme disease in Europe and Asia; transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus in central and western Europe and by the tick I. persulcatus in Eurasia from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
See also: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto