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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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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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author Schwan, Tom G.
Policastro, Paul F.
Miller, Zachary
Thompson, Robert L.
Damrow, Todd
Keirans, James E.
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Policastro, Paul F.
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Thompson, Robert L.
Damrow, Todd
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description 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 should be considered when patients who reside or have vacationed in western Montana exhibit a recurring febrile illness.
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spelling pubmed-30167902011-01-20 Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana Schwan, Tom G. Policastro, Paul F. Miller, Zachary Thompson, Robert L. Damrow, Todd Keirans, James E. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 should be considered when patients who reside or have vacationed in western Montana exhibit a recurring febrile illness. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3016790/ /pubmed/14519254 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030280 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Schwan, Tom G.
Policastro, Paul F.
Miller, Zachary
Thompson, Robert L.
Damrow, Todd
Keirans, James E.
Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana
title Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana
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title_fullStr Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana
title_full_unstemmed Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana
title_short Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana
title_sort tick-borne relapsing fever caused by borrelia hermsii, montana
topic Dispatch
url 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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