Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochete, is considered a human pathogen.
Knowledge of this borrelia is currently limited. Data about its potential impact on public …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a recently described relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by ticks of
the Ixodes ricinus complex. This pathogen is different from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato …

Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever spirochete, has been found recently in Ixodes ricinus
ticks; however, little is known about its spatial distribution and potential local impact on …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the
same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick species that transmit the agents of Lyme disease. It was …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a tick-borne bacterium which has only recently been identified in
Europe as a human pathogen causing relapsing fever and little is known about its local …

Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-
body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the …

Borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by Ixodes ticks, has
been recently shown to be a human pathogen. To characterize the prevalence of this …

A total of 350 ticks collected in Austria were analyzed for the presence of DNA sequences of
B. miyamotoi. Three ticks gave positive results in a B. miyamotoi-specific nested PCR …

During the years 2008–2010 I. ricinus and I. persulcatus ticks were collected from 64 sites in
mainland Estonia and on the island Saaremaa. Presence of B. miyamotoi was found in …

Borrelia miyamotoi causes relapsing fever in humans. The occurrence of this spirochete has
been reported in Ixodes ricinus and wildlife, but there are still gaps in the knowledge of its …