noun
- Plural of borrelia; spiral-shaped bacteria of the genus Borrelia, some species of which cause Lyme disease and relapsing fever in humans.
Usage: medical/scientific term; typically used in plural form; refers to pathogenic spirochetes transmitted by ticks and lice
Examples
- Borrelias are transmitted to humans primarily through tick bites.
- The laboratory identified borrelias in the patient's blood sample.
- Different species of borrelias cause distinct diseases in humans.
- Researchers study borrelias to develop better treatments for Lyme disease.
- Borrelias survive in the tick's gut and migrate to the salivary glands.