TY - JOUR AU - Christensen, Anna AU - Pietralczyk, Elizabeth AU - Lopez, Job AU - Brooks, Christopher AU - Schriefer, Martin AU - Wozniak, Edward AU - Stermole, Benjamin T1 - Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 5 SP - 883 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially exposed to the vector tick and prophylactically given treatment. KW - febrile illness KW - borreliosis KW - Borrelia turicatae KW - tick-borne diseases KW - tick-borne relapsing fever KW - Ornithodoros turicata KW - vector-borne diseases KW - zoonoses KW - bacteria KW - Texas KW - USA KW - vector-borne infections KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2305.162069 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-2069_article ER - End of Reference