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Emerg Infect Dis
; 23(5): 883-884, 2017 05.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28418310
RESUMEN
In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially exposed to the vector tick and prophylactically given treatment.
Asunto(s)
Borrelia , Personal Militar , Fiebre Recurrente/diagnóstico , Fiebre Recurrente/terapia , Adulto , Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico , Borrelia/clasificación , Borrelia/genética , Borrelia/inmunología , Manejo de la Enfermedad , Genoma Bacteriano , Humanos , Masculino , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Pruebas Serológicas , Texas , Resultado del Tratamiento
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Genome Announc
; 4(4)2016 Jul 14.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27417836
RESUMEN
The sequences of the complete linear chromosome and 7 linear plasmids of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae are presented in this report. The 925,547 bp of chromosome and 380,211 bp of plasmid sequence were predicted to contain a total of 1,131 open reading frames, with an average G+C content of 29.7%.