Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi , Japan

• Published in: Emerging 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...