TY - JOUR
T1 - Borrelia miyamotoi disease in an immunocompetent patient, Western Europe
AU - Hoornstra, Dieuwertje
AU - Koetsveld, Joris
AU - Sprong, Hein
AU - Platonov, Alexander E.
AU - Hovius, Joppe W.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Borrelia miyamotoi disease is a hard tick–borne relapsing fever illness that occurs across the temperate climate zone. Human B. miyamotoi disease in immunocompetent patients has been described in Russia, North America, and Japan. We describe a case of B. miyamotoi disease in an immunocompetent patient in western Europe.
AB - Borrelia miyamotoi disease is a hard tick–borne relapsing fever illness that occurs across the temperate climate zone. Human B. miyamotoi disease in immunocompetent patients has been described in Russia, North America, and Japan. We describe a case of B. miyamotoi disease in an immunocompetent patient in western Europe.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85052201916&origin=inward
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124426
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180806
DO - https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.180806
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 30124426
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 24
SP - 1770
EP - 1772
JO - Emerging infectious diseases
JF - Emerging infectious diseases
IS - 9
ER -