Borrelia miyamotoi: The newest infection brought to us by deer ticks

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-142

  Krause, Peter J ^a   Barbour, Alan G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BABESIA MICROTI; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES PERSULCATUS; LYME DISEASE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE;

BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84938269049     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1219     Document Type: Editorial

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