Borrelia miyamotoi Disease: Neither Lyme Disease Nor Relapsing Fever

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 867-882

  Telford, Sam R ^a   Goethert, Heidi K ^a   Molloy, Philip J ^b   Berardi, Victor P ^b   Chowdri, Hanumara Ram ^c   Gugliotta, Joseph L ^d   Lepore, Timothy J ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Imugen Inc   (United States)

^c Hawthorn Medical Associates   (United States)

^d Hunterdon Medical Center   (United States)

^e Nantucket Cottage Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia miyamotoi; Borreliosis; Deer ticks; Lyme disease; Zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; PERMETHRIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI; BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGED; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION;

AGED; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84947485095     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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