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Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ticks in Europe and the United States.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Crowder Chris D, Carolan Heather E, Rounds Megan A, Honig Vaclav, Mothes Benedikt, Haag Heike, Nolte Oliver, Luft Ben J, Grubhoffer Libor, Ecker David J, Schutzer Steven E, Eshoo Mark W
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by Ixodes ticks, has been recently shown to be a human pathogen. To characterize the prevalence of this organism in questing Ixodes ticks, we tested 2,754 ticks for a variety of tickborne pathogens by PCR and electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. Ticks were collected from California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana in the...
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