Human Exposure to Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, the Netherlands
Manoj Fonville, Ingrid.H.M. Friesema, Paul D. Hengeveld, Arieke Docters van Leeuwen, Seta Jahfari, Margriet G. Harms, Arnold J.H. van Vliet, Agnetha Hofhuis, Wilfrid van Pelt, Hein Sprong, and Cees C. van den Wijngaard
Author affiliations: National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (M. Fonville, I.H.M. Friesema, P.D. Hengeveld, A. Docters van Leeuwen, S. Jahfari, M.G. Harms, A. Hofhuis, W. van Pelt, H. Sprong, C.C. van den Wijngaard); Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, (A.J.H. van Vliet)
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Figure. Locations of ticks collected through the website http://www.tekenradar.nl in the Netherlands during summer 2012,Ticks included in the study were submitted from all parts of the country; ticks positive for Borrelia miyamotoi and Bburgdorferi were found in almost every region.
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