2014
Blood transfusion transmission of the tick‐borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in mice
Krause PJ, Hendrickson JE, Steeves TK, Fish D. Blood transfusion transmission of the tick‐borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in mice. Transfusion 2014, 55: 593-597. PMID: 25251880, DOI: 10.1111/trf.12879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion transmissionRed blood cellsBorrelia miyamotoiBlood transfusion transmissionMurine transfusion modelFever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoiSpirochete clearanceRecipient bloodC57BL/6 miceMouse recipientsTransfusion modelMouse modelTransfusionMurine bloodHuman infectionsWet mountLyme diseaseStudy designBlood cellsMiceMiyamotoiSpirochetemiaFever spirochetesBloodBodied ticks
2011
Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia - Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Platonov AE, Karan LS, Kolyasnikova NM, Makhneva NA, Toporkova MG, Maleev VV, Fish D, Krause PJ. Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia - Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011, 17: 1816-1823. PMID: 22000350, PMCID: PMC3310649, DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB. miyamotoi infectionMiyamotoi infectionInfectious Diseases journal - CDCBorrelia miyamotoiInfluenza-like illnessB. burgdorferi infectionFever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoiDisease-like symptomsFebrile illnessI. ricinus ticksErythema migransClinical manifestationsIxodid tick vectorsBurgdorferi infectionI. scapularis ticksIxodes persulcatus ticksInfectionRicinus ticksScapularis ticksB. burgdorferiB. gariniiFeverWidespread prevalenceIllnessMiyamotoi