Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection, Austria [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We report a human case of Borrelia miyamotoi infection diagnosed in Austria. Spirochetes were detected in Giemsa-stained blood smears. The presence of B.
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Isolation of Borrelia miyamotoi and other Borreliae using a modified BSK medium [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Borrelia spirochetes are the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis (LB) and relapsing fever (RF). Despite the steady rise in infections and the identification of new species causing human illness over the last decade, isolation of borreliae in culture has
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Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes nipponensis in Korea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundThis study investigated Borrelia species prevalence in ticks from vegetation, through a molecular method, in Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea.Methodology/principal findingsA total of 484 ticks were collected through flagging and dragging ...
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Występowanie i chorobotwórczość krętków Borrelia miyamotoi
Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu, 2021 Introduction and objective Borrelia miyamotoi is a member of the relapsing fever group of Borrelia. Currently, Borrelia miyamotoi is the only relapsing fever spirochete that is transmitted by hard ticks.
Anna Sawczyn-Domańska
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Nanopore sequencing identifies Borrelia miyamotoi as an unexpected cause of meningitis after B cell depletion. [PDF]
Neuropathol Appl NeurobiolNeuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, Volume 50, Issue 6, December 2024.
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Antigenic variation is caused by long plasmid segment conversion in a hard tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensBorrelia miyamotoi is a hard tick-borne spirochete genetically related to relapsing fever Borrelia and the etiological agent of an emerging infectious disease in humans. Like relapsing fever Borrelia, B.
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Surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi-carrying ticks and genomic analysis of isolates in Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly described relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by ixodid tick species. Little is known about the prevalence of B. miyamotoi infections in humans and ticks in Inner Mongolia, China. Therefore, we investigated the
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Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA in serum samples.
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Vitronectin binding protein, BOM1093, confers serum resistance on Borrelia miyamotoi [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Borrelia miyamotoi, a member of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes, shows a serum-resistant phenotype in vitro. This ability of B. miyamotoi may contribute to bacterial evasion of the host innate immune system.
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Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato widespread in urban areas of the Czech Republic [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are important zoonotic agents transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks, which are widely distributed across Central Europe.
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