Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan

Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan

We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA in serum samples. One patient also showed seroconversion for antibody against recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase of B. miyam...

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Main Authors: Kozue Sato, Ai Takano, Satoru Konnai, Minoru Nakao, Takuya Ito, Kojiro Koyama, Minoru Kaneko, Makoto Ohnishi, Hiroki Kawabata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Borrelia miyamotoi
bacteria
relapsing fever
Lyme disease
Ixodes persulcatus
ticks
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/8/13-1761_article

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