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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Main Authors: Schwan, Tom G., Raffel, Sandra J., Schrumpf, Merry E., Webster, Larry S., Marques, Adriana R., Spano, Robyn, Rood, Michael, Burns, Joe, Hu, Renjie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2744237/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19624916
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1507.090223
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