Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato Seroreactivity and Seroprevalence in the Northeastern United States

Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato Seroreactivity and Seroprevalence in the Northeastern United States

Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato, a relapsing fever Borrelia sp., is transmitted by the same ticks that transmit B. burgdorferi (the Lyme disease pathogen) and occurs in all Lyme disease–endemic areas of the United States. To determine the seroprevalence of IgG against B. miyamotoi sensu lato in the...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Krause, Sukanya Narasimhan, Gary P. Wormser, Alan G. Barbour, Alexander E. Platonov, Janna Brancato, Timothy Lepore, Kenneth Dardick, Mark Mamula, Lindsay Rollend, Tanner K. Steeves, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Sahar Usmani-Brown, Phillip Williamson, Denis S. Sarksyan, Erol Fikrig, Durland Fish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Borrelia miyamotoi infection
tick-borne disease
ticks
relapsing fever
seroprevalence
seroreactivity
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/13-1587_article

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