Public health and patient safety concerns merit retention of Lyme borreliosis-associated spirochetes within the genus Borrelia, and rejection of the genus novum Borreliella
1 Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0298, USA; Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40546-0091, USA. Electronic address: brian.stevenson@uky.edu.
2 German National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany. Electronic address: Volker.Fingerle@lgl.bayern.de.
3 Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA. Electronic address: GWormser@nymc.edu.
4 German National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleissheim, Germany. Electronic address: Gabriele.Margos@lgl.bayern.de.