Open AccessBlood Smears Have Poor Sensitivity for Confirming Borrelia miyamotoi Disease
Author(s) -
Sam R. Telford,
Heidi K. Goethert,
Philip J. Molloy,
Victor P. Berardi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01468-18
Subject(s) - borrelia , relapsing fever , borrelia burgdorferi , lyme disease , biology , tick borne disease , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , spirochaetaceae , immunology , tick , antibody
Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD) is a newly recognized borreliosis that is cotransmitted by ticks wherever Lyme disease is zoonotic. UnlikeBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato , the agent of Lyme disease,B. miyamotoi is closely related to relapsing fever spirochetes, such asBorrelia hermsi i .
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