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ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages 255-260Publisher
MEDICAL UNIV BIALYSTOK
DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2016.03.001
Keywords
Borrelia miyamotoi; Relapsing fever in humans; Tick vectors; Reservoir; Public health
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant 'Iuventus Plus' [IP2014050373]
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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 impact on human health. There are three types of B. miyamotoi: Asian (Siberian), European, and American. B. miyamotoi is transmitted by the same Ixodes ricinus-persulcatus species complex, which also transmits B. burgdorferi s.l., the Lyme borreliosis group. Both Borrelia groups are mostly maintained in natural rodent populations. The aim of this review is to summarize the available literature on B. miyamotoi, with the focus of attention falling on Europe, as well as to describe its presence in ticks, reservoir hosts, and humans and discuss its potential impact on public health. (C) 2016 Medical University of Bialystok. Published by Elsevier Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.
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