Articles Tagged With: burgdorferi
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Using Multilocus Sequence Typing for Surveillance and Discovery of Borrelia Species
Broad polymerase chain reaction screening followed by multilocus sequence typing is a useful method to understand the geographic distribution of Borrelia species causing human disease. Candidatus B. johnsonii (carried by bat ticks) was not known previously to infect humans. Its identification in a human patient suggests it may cause a relapsing fever syndrome.
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Borrelia Miyamotoi Disease in the Northeast
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: It often goes undetected by physicians. Here are the reasons.