Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019
We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing. PCR and sequencing technique...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-04-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/4/19-1771_article |