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Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
We report an immunocompromised patient in Alabama, USA, 75 years of age, with relapsing fevers and pancytopenia who had spirochetemia after a tick bite. We identified Borrelia lonestari by using PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Increasing clinical availability of molecular diagnostics mig...
Autores principales: | Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J., Marx, Grace E., Benjamin, William, Pappas, Peter, Lieberman, Nicole A.P., Bachiashvili, Kimo, Leal, Sixto, Lieberman, Joshua A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221281 |
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