Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in Immunocompromised Man, California, USA, 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rubio, Luis Alberto ; Kjemtrup, Anne M. ; Marx, Grace E. ; Cronan, Shanna ; Kilonzo, Christopher ; Saunders, Megan E.M. ; Choat, Jamie L. ; Dietrich, Elizabeth A. ; Liebman, Kelly A. ; Park, Sarah Y.
• Description:
  Infection with Borrelia miyamotoi in California, USA, has been suggested by serologic studies. We diagnosed B. miyamotoi infection in an immunocompromised man in California. Diagnosis was aided by plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing. We conclude that the infection was acquired in California.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in Immunocompromised Man, California, USA, 2021
  • Borrelia miyamotoi
  • tick-borne diseases
  • microbial cell-free DNA sequencing
  • immunocompromised host
  • relapsing tick-borne fever
  • Ixodes pacificus
  • bacteria
  • parasites
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(5):1011-1014
• Pubmed ID:
  37081591
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10124667
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129107/cdc_129107_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 339.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae440df76a4f56f5bfe9582448cb640e0d834c6a5ab93c5d15bd21d0f47b0a30