TY - JOUR AU - Sato, Kozue AU - Takano, Ai AU - Konnai, Satoru AU - Nakao, Minoru AU - Ito, Takuya AU - Koyama, Kojiro AU - Kaneko, Minoru AU - Ohnishi, Makoto AU - Kawabata, Hiroki T1 - Human Infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 8 SP - 1391 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We confirmed infection of 2 patients with Borrelia miyamotoi in Japan by retrospective surveillance of Lyme disease patients and detection of B. miyamotoi DNA in serum samples. One patient also showed seroconversion for antibody against recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase of B. miyamotoi. Indigenous relapsing fever should be considered a health concern in Japan. KW - Borrelia miyamotoi KW - bacteria KW - relapsing fever KW - Lyme disease KW - Ixodes persulcatus KW - ticks KW - vector-borne infections KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2008.131761 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/8/13-1761_article ER - End of Reference