Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient, Western Europe

Hoornstra, Dieuwertje; Koetsveld, Joris; Sprong, Hein; Platonov, Alexander E.; Hovius, Joppe W.

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Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient, Western Europe

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By Hoornstra, Dieuwertje ; Koetsveld, Joris ; Sprong, Hein ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Hoornstra, Dieuwertje ; Koetsveld, Joris ; Sprong, Hein ; Platonov, Alexander E. ; Hovius, Joppe W.
Description:

Borrelia miyamotoi disease is a hard tick-borne relapsing fever illness that occurs across the temperate climate zone. Human B. miyamotoi disease in immunocompetent patients has been described in Russia, North America, and Japan. We describe a case of B. miyamotoi disease in an immunocompetent patient in western Europe.
Subjects:

Aged Animals Diagnosis, Differential Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Humans Immunocompetence Ixodes Relapsing Fever Tick Bites
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(9):1770-1772.
Pubmed ID:

30124426
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6106421
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Europe ; Netherlands
Volume:

24
Issue:

9
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:f0097eea19d01dc39c3c57abd59b6006e460c89512c699d2bd7d169ba3119fa0
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