Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019

We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing. PCR and sequencing technique...

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Autores principales: Muigg, Veronika, Seth-Smith, Helena M.B., Goldenberger, Daniel, Egli, Adrian, Nickel, Beatrice, Dürig, Roland, Kuenzli, Esther, Hinic, Vladimira, Neumayr, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/2604.191771

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32187006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/2604.191771

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