Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana

Five persons contracted tick-borne relapsing fever after staying in a cabin in western Montana. Borrelia hermsii was isolated from the blood of two patients, and Ornithodoros hermsi ticks were collected from the cabin, the first demonstration of this bacterium and tick in Montana. Relapsing fever sh...

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Autores principales: Schwan, Tom G., Policastro, Paul F., Miller, Zachary, Thompson, Robert L., Damrow, Todd, Keirans, James E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14519254
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030280

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14519254
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030280

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