1. Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi in a Child
- Author
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Sukanya Narasimhan, Jonathan Schwab, Stephen M. Rich, Janna Brancato, Guang Xu, and Peter J. Krause
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,relapsing fever ,030231 tropical medicine ,Borrelia miyamotoi ,Tick ,Article ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Seroconversion ,Polymerase chain reaction ,biology ,Ixodes ,business.industry ,Borrelia ,Relapsing Fever ,Pneumonia ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Infectious Diseases ,Massachusetts ,Recurrent fever ,Ixodes scapularis ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,business - Abstract
A 5-year-old Massachusetts resident developed hard tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi. A partially engorged Ixodes scapularis tick was removed from her scalp and identified as infected with B. miyamotoi using polymerase chain reaction. Two weeks later, she developed an illness compatible with B. miyamotoi infection that included fatigue and recurrent fever. The diagnosis was confirmed by B. miyamotoi seroconversion.
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- 2016