...lications, according to Bay Area Lyme Foundation estimates. About Borrelia miyamotoi Borrelia miyamotoi is a spiral-shaped bacteria transmitted by ticks, and causes tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in humans. It is... Read More »
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miyamotoiLYME SCI: Tick infection rates as high as 31% in some coastal areas of California
16
JUN
2021
...was actually higher than in B. burgdorferi –as much as 17.8%. Although B. miyamotoi disease is not a reportable disease in California, recent serological studies indicate that people occasionally are infected with it. (Krause,... Read More »
Stanford: Tick-borne disease risk high in SF Bay Area
20
AUG
2015
...in climate and the movement of infected animals may be partly to blame. B. miyamotoi, little understood and little documented in humans, potentially poses as much risk of transmission as the bacteria that cause Lyme, according to the... Read More »
New tick-borne disease discovered in N. California parks
02
SEP
2015
...ered in the United States in 2013, the most extensive analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi infections in U.S. residents was published in the July issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. In this study, 51 patients from the Northeast were... Read More »
LYME SCI: Infected ticks in California? It’s complicated.
18
MAY
2018
...of 101 samples were reactive for relapsing fever borreliosis, including B. miyamotoi—a bacteria that lacks both a standardized test and CDC surveillance. In addition, confirmatory blood tests showed 79% of those people had... Read More »
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