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Borrelia miyamotoi infection in nature and in humans [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2015
Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick species that transmit the agents of Lyme disease. It was discovered in 1994 in Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Japan. B. miyamotoi species phylogenetically cluster with the relapsing fever group spirochetes, which usually are ...
Krause, PJ, Fish, D, Narasimhan, S, Barbour, AG   +3 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) identification and survey of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks from north-eastern Germany

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Ixodes ricinus is the most common tick species in Europe and the main vector for Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV).
Cristian Răileanu, Oliver Tauchmann, Ana Vasić, Elisabeth Wöhnke, Cornelia Silaghi   +4 more
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First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Italy

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a spirochete transmitted by several ixodid tick species. It causes a relapsing fever in humans and is currently considered as an emerging pathogen. In Europe, B.
Silvia Ravagnan, Laura Tomassone, Fabrizio Montarsi, Aleksandra Iwona Krawczyk, Eleonora Mastrorilli, Hein Sprong, Adelaide Milani, Luca Rossi, Gioia Capelli   +8 more
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Chromosome Sequence of Borrelia miyamotoi, an Uncultivable Tick-Borne Agent of Human Infection [PDF]

, 2013
Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly recognized agent of human disease. B. miyamotoi strain LB-2001, an isolate from the tick Ixodes scapularis, was propagated in mice.
Langeroudi, Arash Ghalyanchi, Hue, Fong, Barbour, Alan G   +2 more
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The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi is cultivable in a modified Kelly-Pettenkofer medium, and is resistant to human complement

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever spirochete found in Ixodes ticks in North America, Europe, and Asia, and has recently been found to be invasive in humans.
Alex Wagemakers, Anneke Oei, Michelle M Fikrig, Willem R Miellet, Joppe W Hovius   +4 more
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High seroprevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies in forestry workers and individuals suspected of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Netherlands

New Microbes and New Infections, 2014
Substantial exposure to Borrelia miyamotoi occurs through bites from Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Netherlands, which also transmit Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Direct evidence for B.
S. Jahfari, T. Herremans, A.E. Platonov, H. Kuiper, L.S. Karan, O. Vasilieva, M.P.G. Koopmans, J.W.R. Hovius, H. Sprong   +8 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi in vectors and hosts in The Netherlands

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2017
Ixodes ticks transmit Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis (LB). These tick species also transmit Borrelia miyamotoi, which was recently found to cause infections in humans. We were interested in the prevalence of B.
Wagemakers, A, Jahfari, S, de Wever, B, Spanjaard, L, Starink, MV, de Vries, HJC, Sprong, H, Hovius, JW   +7 more
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The serological reactivity of human sera to Borrelia miyamotoi rGlpQ protein in Phop Phra district, Tak province, Thailand.

, 2023
The serological reactivity of human sera to Borrelia miyamotoi rGlpQ protein in Phop Phra district, Tak province, Thailand.
Ratree Takhampunya (816007), Sakbuncha Somchaimongkol (14660090), Sommai Promsathaporn (5563526), Nitima Chanarat (2583283), Jira Sakolvaree (11735744), Bousaraporn Tippayachai (5518541), Patrick W. McCardle (14660096), Bhakdee Phanpheuch (14660093), Asma Longkunan (11170344), Erica J. Lindroth (14660099), Nittayaphon Youngdech (11735747), Betty K. Poole-Smith (11735756)   +11 more
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The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis are vectors of the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti. Recently, the I.
Antonia Dibernardo, Tyler Cote, Nicholas H Ogden, L Robbin Lindsay   +3 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi: 43 Cases Diagnosed in France by Real-Time PCR in Patients With Persistent Polymorphic Signs and Symptoms

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background:Borrelia species are divided into three groups depending on the induced disease and the tick vector. Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia but can induce symptoms related to Lyme disease.
Michel Franck, Raouf Ghozzi, Julie Pajaud, Nadou E. Lawson-Hogban, Marie Mas, Alexis Lacout, Christian Perronne   +6 more
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