Human Borrelia miyamotoi infection in California: Serodiagnosis is complicated by multiple endemic Borrelia species
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191725
Abstract: To determine whether human Borrelia miyamotoi infection occurs in the far-western United States, we tested archived sera from northwestern California residents for antibodies to this emerging relapsing fever spirochete. These residents frequently were exposed to… read more here.
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Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection, Austria
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.191501
Abstract: We report a human case of Borrelia miyamotoi infection diagnosed in Austria. Spirochetes were detected in Giemsa-stained blood smears. The presence of B. miyamotoi in the patient’s blood was confirmed by PCR, and phylogenetic analysis… read more here.
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Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in Immunocompromised Man, California, USA, 2021
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2905.221638
Abstract: Infection with Borrelia miyamotoi in California, USA, has been suggested by serologic studies. We diagnosed B. miyamotoi infection in an immunocompromised man in California. Diagnosis was aided by plasma microbial cell–free DNA sequencing. We conclude… read more here.
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Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in North America
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12040553
Abstract: Borrelia miyamotoi is an emerging pathogen that causes a febrile illness and is transmitted by the same hard-bodied (ixodid) ticks that transmit several other pathogens, including Borrelia species that cause Lyme disease. B. miyamotoi was… read more here.
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