Characteristics of Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi, United States, 2013–2019
David W. McCormick, Catherine M. Brown, Jenna Bjork, Kim Cervantes, Brenda Esponda-Morrison, Jason Garrett, Natalie Kwit, Abigail Mathewson, Charles McGinnis, Marco Notarangelo, Rebecca Osborn, Elizabeth Schiffman, Haris Sohail, Amy M. Schwartz, Alison F. Hinckley, and Kiersten J. Kugeler
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (D.W. McCormick, A.M. Schwartz, A.F. Hinckley, K.J. Kugeler); Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (C.M. Brown); Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (J. Bjork, E. Schiffman); New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (K. Cervantes); Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (B. Esponda-Morrison); Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (J. Garrett, C. McGinnis); Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont, USA (N. Kwit); New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA (A. Mathewson, M. Notarangelo); Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (R. Osborn); Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Augusta, Maine, USA (H. Sohail)
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Figure 1. US states that conducted surveillance for hard tick relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi during 2013–2019 and year in which surveillance began.
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