Borrelia miyamotoi in Human-Biting Ticks, United States, 2013–2019

Xu, Guang; Luo, Chu-Yuan; Ribbe, Fumiko; Pearson, Patrick; Ledizet, Michel; Rich, Stephen M.

doi:10.3201/eid2712.204646

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Borrelia miyamotoi in Human-Biting Ticks, United States, 2013–2019

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12 2021
By Xu, Guang ; Luo, Chu-Yuan ; Ribbe, Fumiko ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Xu, Guang ; Luo, Chu-Yuan ; Ribbe, Fumiko ; Pearson, Patrick ; Ledizet, Michel ; Rich, Stephen M.
Description:

During 2013-2019, Borrelia miyamotoi infection was detected in 19 US states. Infection rate was 0.5%-3.2%; of B. miyamotoi-positive ticks, 59.09% had concurrent infections. B. miyamotoi is homogeneous with 1 genotype from Ixodes scapularis ticks in northeastern and midwestern states and 1 from I. pacificus in western states.
Subjects:

Animals Borrelia Borrelia Infections Humans Ixodes
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(12):3193-3195
Pubmed ID:

34808077
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8632181
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Journal Article
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Letter
Place as Subject:

United States
Volume:

27
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c32f76e44a0dc9914366440cd5189d49dc47f3adf92cd82040668bb8c8496243
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