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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-020-00364-0 |