Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia

Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia

Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the frequency and clinical manifestations of this infection with those caused by B. garinii and B. burgdorferi infection. A...

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Main Authors: Alexander E. Platonov, Ludmila S. Karan, Nadezhda M. Kolyasnikova, Natalya A. Makhneva, Marina G. Toporkova, Victor V. Maleev, Durland Fish, Peter J. Krause
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Borrelia miyamotoi
human disease
relapsing fever
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia garinii
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/10-1474_article

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