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Assessment of Borrelia miyamotoi in febrile patients and ticks in Alsace, an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis in France

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia species transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. Human disease caused by B. miyamotoi was first described in Russia and later in the USA and Japan.
Pierre H. Boyer, Joris Koetsveld, Laurence Zilliox, Hein Sprong, Émilie Talagrand-Reboul, Yves Hansmann, Sylvie Josiane de Martino, Nathalie Boulanger, Joppe W. Hovius, Benoît Jaulhac   +9 more
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Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Relapsing fever group Borrelia (RFGB) are motile spirochetes transmitted to mammalian or avian hosts through the bite of hematophagous arthropods, such as soft ticks (Argasidae), hard ticks (Ixodidae) and the human clothing lice.
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos, Adriana M. Santodomingo, Alejandro Ramírez-Hernández, Francisco B. Costa, Marcelo B. Labruna, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal   +6 more
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Borrelia Infections Under B Cell-Depleting Therapies: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Challenges and Outcomes With Special Focus on Neurological Forms. [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
Neurological infections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi are increasingly reported in patients receiving anti‐CD20 therapies and should be considered in cases presenting with neurological symptoms and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis.
Cardot-Martin E, Chanson JB, Lenormand C, Boyer P, Hansmann Y, Sibilia J, Jaulhac B, Scherlinger M.   +7 more
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“Repurposing” Disulfiram in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Retrospective Review of First 3 Years’ Experience in One Medical Practice

Antibiotics, 2020
A total of 71 patients with Lyme disease were identified for analysis in whom treatment with disulfiram was initiated between 15 March 2017 and 15 March 2020. Four patients were lost to follow-up, leaving 67 evaluable patients.
Jiachen Gao, Zhaodi Gong, Dawn Montesano, Erica Glazer, Kenneth Liegner   +4 more
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Influence of ecological and climatic conditions on the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi in domestic dogs in Ukraine

Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2022
Lyme-borreliosis is a zoonotic, infectious disease that has a complex chain of transmission of the pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and includes the relationship between ixodid ticks, vertebrate hosts, humans and companion animals in the ...
O. V. Panteleienko, I. F. Makovska, T. M. Tsarenko   +2 more
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Predicting the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite, using a structural equation model. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
BACKGROUND:Understanding and quantification of the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite can aid development of prevention strategies against Lyme borreliosis.
Agnetha Hofhuis, Jan van de Kassteele, Hein Sprong, Cees C van den Wijngaard, Margriet G Harms, Manoj Fonville, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Mariana Simões, Wilfrid van Pelt   +8 more
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Multilocus sequence typing of clinical Borreliella afzelii strains: population structure and differential ability to disseminate in humans

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Lyme borreliosis in humans results in a range of clinical manifestations, thought to be partly due to differences in the pathogenicity of the infecting strain.
Floriane Gallais, Sylvie J. De Martino, Erik A. Sauleau, Yves Hansmann, Dan Lipsker, Cédric Lenormand, Emilie Talagrand-Reboul, Pierre H. Boyer, Nathalie Boulanger, Benoît Jaulhac, Frédéric Schramm   +10 more
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Characteristics of Lyme optic neuritis: a case report of Lyme associated bilateral optic neuritis and systematic review of the literature

BMC Neurology, 2022
Optic Neuritis is rare in Lyme borreliosis. The current knowledge of optic nerve involvement in Lyme borreliosis relies solely on case reports. The aim of this systematic review was to characterize and investigate the associated factors of optic neuritis
Yezhong Lu, Ramin Zand
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Serological testing for Lyme Borreliosis in general practice: A qualitative study among Dutch general practitioners

European Journal of General Practice, 2020
Background Concerns are raised about missed, delayed and inappropriate diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis. Quantitative descriptive studies have demonstrated non-adherence to the guidelines for testing for Lyme Borreliosis. Objectives To gain insight into the
Tjitske M. Vreugdenhil, Mariska Leeflang, Joppe W. Hovius, Hein Sprong, Jettie Bont, C. W. Ang, Jeanette Pols, Henk C. P. M. Van Weert   +7 more
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No evidence of Borrelia mayonii in an endemic area for Lyme borreliosis in France

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Borrelia mayonii is currently the latest species belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) complex to be discovered. Interestingly it is involved in human pathology causing a high fever.
Pierre H. Boyer, Sylvie J. De Martino, Yves Hansmann, Laurence Zilliox, Nathalie Boulanger, Benoît Jaulhac   +5 more
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