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Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States
Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by Ixodes ticks, has been recently shown to be a human pathogen. To characterize the prevalence of this organism in questing Ixodes ticks, we tested 2,754 ticks for a variety of tickborne pathogens by PCR and electrospray-ionizatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.131583 |
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author | Crowder, Chris D. Carolan, Heather E. Rounds, Megan A. Honig, Vaclav Mothes, Benedikt Haag, Heike Nolte, Oliver Luft, Ben J. Grubhoffer, Libor Ecker, David J. Schutzer, Steven E. Eshoo, Mark W. |
author_facet | Crowder, Chris D. Carolan, Heather E. Rounds, Megan A. Honig, Vaclav Mothes, Benedikt Haag, Heike Nolte, Oliver Luft, Ben J. Grubhoffer, Libor Ecker, David J. Schutzer, Steven E. Eshoo, Mark W. |
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description | Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by Ixodes ticks, has been recently shown to be a human pathogen. To characterize the prevalence of this organism in questing Ixodes ticks, we tested 2,754 ticks for a variety of tickborne pathogens by PCR and electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. Ticks were collected from California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana in the United States and from Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe from 2008 through 2012. In addition, an isolate from Japan was characterized. We found 3 distinct genotypes, 1 for North America, 1 for Europe, and 1 for Japan. We found B. miyamotoi infection in ticks in 16 of the 26 sites surveyed, with infection prevalence as high as 15.4%. These results show the widespread distribution of the pathogen, indicating an exposure risk to humans in areas where Ixodes ticks reside. |
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spelling | pubmed-41931652014-10-14 Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States Crowder, Chris D. Carolan, Heather E. Rounds, Megan A. Honig, Vaclav Mothes, Benedikt Haag, Heike Nolte, Oliver Luft, Ben J. Grubhoffer, Libor Ecker, David J. Schutzer, Steven E. Eshoo, Mark W. Emerg Infect Dis Research Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by Ixodes ticks, has been recently shown to be a human pathogen. To characterize the prevalence of this organism in questing Ixodes ticks, we tested 2,754 ticks for a variety of tickborne pathogens by PCR and electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. Ticks were collected from California, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana in the United States and from Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe from 2008 through 2012. In addition, an isolate from Japan was characterized. We found 3 distinct genotypes, 1 for North America, 1 for Europe, and 1 for Japan. We found B. miyamotoi infection in ticks in 16 of the 26 sites surveyed, with infection prevalence as high as 15.4%. These results show the widespread distribution of the pathogen, indicating an exposure risk to humans in areas where Ixodes ticks reside. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4193165/ /pubmed/25280366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.131583 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 | Research Crowder, Chris D. Carolan, Heather E. Rounds, Megan A. Honig, Vaclav Mothes, Benedikt Haag, Heike Nolte, Oliver Luft, Ben J. Grubhoffer, Libor Ecker, David J. Schutzer, Steven E. Eshoo, Mark W. Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title | Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title_full | Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title_short | Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes Ticks in Europe and the United States |
title_sort | prevalence of borrelia miyamotoi in ixodes ticks in europe and the united states |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.131583 |
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