Presence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in a highly endemic area of Lyme disease

Abstract A series of cases in the Northeast of the US during 2013–2015 described a new Borrelia species, Borrelia miyamotoi, which is transmitted by the same tick species that transmits Lyme disease and causes a relapsing fever-like illness. The geographic expansion of B. miyamotoi in the US also ex...

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Main Authors: Luis A. Marcos, Kalie Smith, Kelsey Reardon, Fredric Weinbaum, Eric D. Spitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-020-00364-0