Tick-borne Relapsing Fever and Borrelia hermsii, Los Angeles County, California, USA

The primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America is Borrelia hermsii, a rodent-associated spirochete transmitted by the fast-feeding soft tick Ornithodoros hermsi. We describe a patient who had an illness consistent with relapsing fever after exposure in the mountains near Lo...

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Principais autores:	Tom G. Schwan, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Larry S. Webster, Adriana R. Marques, Robyn Spano, Michael Rood, Joe Burns, Renjie Hu
Format:	Artigo
Sprog:	Inglês
Udgivet:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-07-01
Serier:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Fag:	Ticks Borrelia hermsii bacteria relapsing fever vector-borne infections spirochetes
Online adgang:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/7/09-0223_article
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