Tags: Bacteria.
Borrelia turicatae is a bacterial species of the spirochaete class of the genus Borrelia. Borrelia turicatae is a one of the relapsing fever spirochaetes which are globally distributed yet understudied agents of tick-borne relapsing fever. The tick vector Ornithodoros turicata transmits B. turicatae which causes relapsing fever an arthropod-borne infection of humans and other mammals caused by different Borrelia species. B.