Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019.

Muigg, Veronika; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Goldenberger, Daniel; Egli, Adrian; Nickel, Beatrice; Dürig, Roland; Kuenzli, Esther; Hinic, Vladimira; Neumayr, Andreas

Muigg, Veronika; Seth-Smith, Helena M B; Goldenberger, Daniel; Egli, Adrian; Nickel, Beatrice; Dürig, Roland; Kuenzli, Esther; Hinic, Vladimira; Neumayr, Andreas.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(4): 824-826, 2020 04.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32187006

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing. PCR and sequencing techniques provide highly sensitive diagnostic tools superior to microscopy.

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Borrelia; Fiebre Recurrente; Asia; Borrelia/genética; Humanos; Fiebre Recurrente/diagnóstico; Fiebre Recurrente/tratamiento farmacológico; Suiza

Palabras clave

Borrelia persica; Borrelia species; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Tick-borne relapsing fever; bacteria; central Asia; microscopy; shotgun metagenomics; vector-borne infections

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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Fiebre Recurrente / Borrelia Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia / Europa Idioma: En Revista: Emerg Infect Dis Asunto de la revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article

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