Human exposure to tickborne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, the Netherlands

Manoj Fonville; Ingrid H M Friesema; Paul D Hengeveld; Arieke Docters van Leeuwen; Seta Jahfari; Margriet G Harms; Arnold J H van Vliet; Agnetha Hofhuis; Wilfrid van Pelt; Hein Sprong; Cees C van den Wijngaard

doi:10.3201/eid2007.131525

Human exposure to tickborne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, the Netherlands

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jul;20(7):1244-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2007.131525.

Authors

Manoj Fonville, Ingrid H M Friesema, Paul D Hengeveld, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Seta Jahfari, Margriet G Harms, Arnold J H van Vliet, Agnetha Hofhuis, Wilfrid van Pelt, Hein Sprong, Cees C van den Wijngaard

No abstract available

Keywords: B. burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia; Lyme disease; Tickborne diseases; borreliosis; miyamotoi; relapsing fever; the Netherlands; zoonoses.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Borrelia / genetics
Borrelia / isolation & purification*
Borrelia Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Netherlands
Relapsing Fever / microbiology*
Spirochaetales / genetics
Spirochaetales / isolation & purification*
Ticks / microbiology*