2022
Frequency and Geographic Distribution of Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Babesia microti Infections in New England Residents.
Johnston D, Kelly JR, Ledizet M, Lavoie N, Smith RP, Parsonnet J, Schwab J, Stratidis J, Espich S, Lee G, Maciejewski KR, Deng Y, Majam V, Zheng H, Bonkoungou SN, Stevens J, Kumar S, Krause PJ. Frequency and Geographic Distribution of Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Babesia microti Infections in New England Residents. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022 PMID: 35325084, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBabesia microti infectionB. miyamotoiMicroti infectionB. burgdorferiB. microtiAcute undifferentiated febrile illnessCross-sectional seroprevalence studyBorrelia miyamotoiUndifferentiated febrile illnessB. miyamotoi infectionBorrelia burgdorferiLevel of seroprevalenceIxodes scapularis ticksFebrile illnessTickborne infectionMiyamotoi infectionSeroprevalence studyHuman infectionsIxodes pacificus ticksClinical casesInfectionSerum samplesAverage seroprevalenceSpecific antibodiesScapularis ticks
2018
Human Borrelia miyamotoi infection in California: Serodiagnosis is complicated by multiple endemic Borrelia species
Krause PJ, Carroll M, Fedorova N, Brancato J, Dumouchel C, Akosa F, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E, Lane RS. Human Borrelia miyamotoi infection in California: Serodiagnosis is complicated by multiple endemic Borrelia species. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0191725. PMID: 29420552, PMCID: PMC5805228, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBorrelia miyamotoi infectionMiyamotoi infectionB. miyamotoiB. miyamotoi diseaseB. miyamotoi infectionB. burgdorferi infectionHealth care professionalsWhole cell lysatesSeropositive subjectsSufficient serumClinical dataBurgdorferi infectionAntibody assaysSeropositive samplesCare professionalsBorrelia antigensInfectionSerumAntibodiesBorrelia burgdorferiAntigenI. pacificus ticksMiyamotoiTick infectionFever spirochetes
2016
Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi in a Child
Krause P, Schwab J, Narasimhan S, Brancato J, Xu G, Rich SM. Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi in a Child. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2016, 35: 1352-1354. PMID: 27626914, PMCID: PMC5106309, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001330.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Borrelia miyamotoi infection in nature and in humans
Krause PJ, Fish D, Narasimhan S, Barbour AG. Borrelia miyamotoi infection in nature and in humans. Clinical Microbiology And Infection 2015, 21: 631-639. PMID: 25700888, PMCID: PMC4470780, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsB. miyamotoi infectionMiyamotoi infectionClinical manifestationsB. miyamotoiLyme diseaseBorrelia miyamotoi infectionAcute febrile illnessCommon clinical manifestationsBlood smear examinationPublic health importanceHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisFever group spirochetesFebrile illnessAntibiotic therapyDisease groupEtiologic diagnosisSevere diseaseSmear examinationIxodes persulcatus ticksHealth importanceInfectionHuman casesGranulocytic anaplasmosisBorrelia miyamotoiDisease
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