Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi , Japan

We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA in serum samples. One patient also showed seroconversion for antibody against recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase of B. miyam...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 1391 - 1394
Main Authors Sato, Kozue, Takano, Ai, Konnai, Satoru, Nakao, Minoru, Ito, Takuya, Koyama, Kojiro, Kaneko, Minoru, Ohnishi, Makoto, Kawabata, Hiroki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Analysis
bacteria
Borrelia - classification
Borrelia - genetics
Borrelia miyamotoi
Dispatch
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic aspects
Humans
Infection
Ixodes persulcatus
Japan
Lyme disease
Male
Polymerase chain reaction
Public Health Surveillance
relapsing fever
Relapsing Fever - diagnosis
Relapsing Fever - microbiology
Retrospective Studies
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serotyping
ticks
Japan
Lyme disease
vector-borne infections
Ixodes persulcatus
bacteria
ticks
Borrelia miyamotoi
Japan
relapsing fever
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Summary:We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA in serum samples. One patient also showed seroconversion for antibody against recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase of B. miyamotoi. Indigenous relapsing fever should be considered a health concern in Japan.
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ISSN:1080-6040
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DOI:10.3201/eid2008.131761