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"Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica" Detected from a Febrile Traveller Returning to Germany from Vacation in Southern Africa. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
A 26 year-old female patient presented to the Tropical Medicine outpatient unit of the Ludwig Maximilians-University in Munich with febrile illness after returning from Southern Africa, where she contracted a bite by a large mite-like arthropod, most ...
Volker Fingerle, Michael Pritsch, Martin Wächtler, Gabriele Margos, Sabine Ruske, Jette Jung, Thomas Löscher, Clemens Wendtner, Andreas Wieser   +8 more
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Recombinant protein immunoblots for differential diagnosis of tick-borne relapsing fever and Lyme disease

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2023
Lyme disease (LD) is caused by a group of tick-borne bacteria of the genus Borrelia termed Lyme disease Borreliae (LDB). The detection of serum antibodies to specific LDB antigens is widely used to support diagnosis of LD.
Jyotsna S Shah, Joseph J Burrascano, Ranjan Ramasamy   +2 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi: A Comprehensive Review

Pathogens, 2023
Borrelia miyamotoi is an emerging tick-borne pathogen in the Northern Hemisphere and is the causative agent of Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD). Borrelia miyamotoi is vectored by the same hard-bodied ticks as Lyme disease Borrelia, yet phylogenetically ...
Dawn W. Cleveland, Cassidy C. Anderson, Catherine A. Brissette   +2 more
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Fever and tick-borne disease

, 2022
Tick-borne diseases are increasing compared to the past. This group includes various clinical conditions such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tularemia, Colorado tick fever, and relapsing tick-
Chimenz, R., Ceravolo, I., Cuppari, C., Sestito, S., Mercuri, M.C., De Sarro, R., Fusco, M., Ceravolo, G., Borgia, F., Parisi, G.F., Salpietro, A., Oreto, L.   +11 more
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No-touch management in tick infestation of periocular skin

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Case Reports, 2022
Ixodidae ticks are vectors of Lyme borreliosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick-borne encephalitis, and relapsing fever. We present a case of eyelid tick infestation in a 49-year-old patient for 1 week.
Vaisna Gopi, Lathika V Kamaladevi, Charles K Skariah   +2 more
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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in the White Mountains, Arizona, USA, 2013-2018. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2019
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a bacterial infection transmitted by tick bites that occurs in several different parts of the world, including the western United States.
Mafi N, Yaglom HD, Levy C, Taylor A, O'Grady C, Venkat H, Komatsu KK, Roller B, Seville MT, Kusne S, Po JL, Thorn S, Ampel NM.   +12 more
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ON THE ISSUE OF THE STANDARD DEFINITION OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER CASE

Актуальные проблемы теоретической и клинической медицины
Introduction. Tick-borne infections caused by Borrelia belonging to the Lyme borreliosis groups (B. burgdorferi sensu lato) and relapsing fevers, which include B. miyamotoi.Objective.
A. M. Dmitrovskiy, М. S. Syzdykov, A. S. Adil, A. O. Bisenbay, A. V. Kuligin, N. K. Ospanbekova, Ye. O. Ostapchuk   +6 more
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Borrelia recurrentis employs a novel multifunctional surface protein with anti-complement, anti-opsonic and invasive potential to escape innate immunity

, 2009
Borrelia recurrentis, the etiologic agent of louse-borne relapsing fever in humans, has evolved strategies, including antigenic variation, to evade immune defence, thereby causing severe diseases with high mortality rates.
Schott, Melanie, Sonja Grosskinsky, Markus M. Simon, Grosskinsky, Sonja, Cutler, Sally J., Schott, M., Simon, M., Kraiczy, P., Zipfel, Peter F., Grosskinsky, S., Peter Kraiczy, Sally J Cutler, Peter F Zipfel, Peter F. Zipfel, Brenner, Christiane, Wallich, R., Kraiczy, Peter, Brenner, C., Christiane Brenner, Simon, Markus M., Markus M Simon, Wallich, Reinhard, Sally J. Cutler, Reinhard Wallich, Cutler, S., Zipfel, P., Melanie Schott   +26 more
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Detection of Borrelia crocidurae in a vaginal swab after miscarriage, rural Senegal, Western Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) borreliae are one of the main causes of fever in rural Africa and can cause miscarriages. This article reports Borrelia crocidurae as a probable cause of spontaneous miscarriage, which was detected through vaginal self ...
Ndeye Safietou Fall, Nafissatou Diagne, Oleg Mediannikov, Florence Fenollar, Philippe Parola, Cheikh Sokhna, Didier Raoult, Jean-Christophe Lagier   +7 more
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Tick-borne diseases in Egypt: A one health perspective

One Health, 2022
Background: Ticks are important arthropod vectors that transmit pathogens to humans and animals. Owing to favourable climatic and environmental conditions, along with animal importation from neighbouring countries, ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs ...
Abdelbaset Eweda Abdelbaset, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao   +2 more
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