Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA

Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J.; Marx, Grace E.; Benjamin, William; Pappas, Peter; Lieberman, Nicole A.P.; Bachiashvili, Kimo; Leal, Sixto; Lieberman, Joshua A.

doi:10.3201/eid2902.221281

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Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA

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2 2023
By Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J. ; Marx, Grace E. ; Benjamin, William ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J. ; Marx, Grace E. ; Benjamin, William ; Pappas, Peter ; Lieberman, Nicole A.P. ; Bachiashvili, Kimo ; Leal, Sixto ; Lieberman, Joshua A.
Description:

We report an immunocompromised patient in Alabama, USA, 75 years of age, with relapsing fevers and pancytopenia who had spirochetemia after a tick bite. We identified Borrelia lonestari by using PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Increasing clinical availability of molecular diagnostics might identify B. lonestari as an emerging tickborne pathogen.
Subjects:

Borrelia Humans Phylogeny Relapsing Fever Tick Bites
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(2):441-444
Pubmed ID:

36692856
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC9881794
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Research Letter
Place as Subject:

Alabama
Volume:

29
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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