Monday, 25 June 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Hard tick-borne relapsing fever - USA: (NY) Borrelia miyamotoi

Tick-borne disease -- United States
With tick season well underway, it is important to take proper precautions to avoid tick-borne illness this summer [2018], especially when a tick was found on a child in South Glens Falls [New York] testing positive for _Borrelia miyamotoi_ (_B. miyamotoi_), a tick-borne disease as well as Lyme disease.
Patients with _B. miyamotoi_ are most likely to experience a fever, chills, and headache. Other common symptoms include body and joint pain and fatigue. However, this disease is not

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5874207&promed&0

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