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SUBMITTER: Gugliotta JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018741 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The New England journal of medicine 20130101 3
Ixodes ticks serve as vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease. Globally, these ticks often concurrently harbor B. miyamotoi, a spirochete that is classified within the relapsing-fever group of spirochetes. Although humans presumably are exposed to B. miyamotoi, there are limited data suggesting disease attributable to it. We report a case of progressive mental deterioration in an older, immunocompromised patient, and even though Koch's postulates were not met, we posit B. miy ...[more]