Detection of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Austin, Texas, USA

Autor:	Jack D. Bissett, Suzanne Ledet, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Brittany A. Armstrong, Anna Klioueva, Christopher Sexton, Adam Replogle, Martin E. Schriefer, Job E. Lopez
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Borrelia turicatae bacteria spirochetes Ornithodors turicata ticks relapsing fever Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 2003-2009 (2018)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2411.172033
Popis:	In March 2017, a patient became febrile within 4 days after visiting a rustic conference center in Austin, Texas, USA, where Austin Public Health suspected an outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever a month earlier. Evaluation of a patient blood smear and molecular diagnostic assays identified Borrelia turicatae as the causative agent. We could not gain access to the property to collect ticks. Thus, we focused efforts at a nearby public park,
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