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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Muigg, Veronika ; Seth-Smith, Helena M.B. ; Goldenberger, Daniel ; Egli, Adrian ; Nickel, Beatrice ; ... More +
Muigg, Veronika ; Seth-Smith, Helena M.B. ; Goldenberger, Daniel ; Egli, Adrian ; Nickel, Beatrice ; Dürig, Roland ; Kuenzli, Esther ; Hinic, Vladimira ; Neumayr, Andreas ; Less -
Description:
We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing. PCR and sequencing techniques provide highly sensitive diagnostic tools superior to microscopy.
Subject:
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Bacteria
Borrelia Persica
Borrelia Species
Central Asia
Microscopy
Research Letter
Shotgun Metagenomics
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tick-borne Relapsing Fever
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused By Borrelia Persica In Traveler To Central Asia, 2019
Vector-borne Infections

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 26(4):824-826 ;
Pubmed ID:
32187006
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7101097
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:59252523082a02e117d525a755f31f2c19932e7708d57aa9d9261b313e38ace3
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