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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009-07-01
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মালা: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/7/09-0223_article |