Emerg Infect DisEmerging Infect. DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention4111182ET-200810.3201/eid2008.ET2008EtymologiaEtymologiaEtymologia: Borrelia miyamotoiBorrelia miyamotoiAddress for correspondence: Ronnie Henry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop E03, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; email: boq3@cdc.gov8201420813901390Keywords: etymologiaBorrelia miyamotoibacteriaanaerobic spirocheteixodid ticks<italic>Borrelia miyamotoi </italic>[bə-relʹe-ə miʺa-mo-toʹe]

A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic spirochete bacteria, Borrelia was named after French biologist Amédée Borrel. In 1995, Masahito Fukunaga et al. isolated a novel Borrelia species and named it Borrelia miyamotoi, in honor of Kenji Miyamoto, who first isolated spirochetes from ixodid ticks in Hokkaido, Japan. Human cases of B. miyamotoi infection were subsequently found in Russia in 2011 and North America in 2013.

Suggested citation for this article: Etymologia: Borrelia miyamotoi. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2014 Aug [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.ET2008

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