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Host associations and genomic diversity of Borrelia hermsii in an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America.

Parasites & vectors - 10 Nov 2016

Johnson Tammi L, Fischer Robert J, Raffel Sandra J, Schwan Tom G

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BACKGROUND: An unrecognized focus of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia hermsii was identified in 2002 when five people became infected on Wild Horse Island in Flathead Lake, Montana. The terrestrial small mammal community on the island is composed primarily of pine squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), neither of which was known as a natural host for the...

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PMID: 27832805
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1863-0
PMCID: PMC5105259

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