Tick-borne Relapsing Fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA

The primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America is Borrelia hermsii, a rodent-associated spirochete transmitted by the fast-feeding soft tick Ornithodoros hermsi. We describe a patient who had an illness consistent with relapsing fever after exposure in the mountains near Lo...

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Main Authors: Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Larry S. Webster, Adriana R. Marques, Robyn Spano, Michael Rood, Joe Burns, Renjie Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Ticks
Borrelia hermsii
bacteria
relapsing fever
vector-borne infections
spirochetes
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/7/09-0223_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/7/09-0223_article

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