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Relapsing Fever Group Borreliae in Human-Biting Soft Ticks, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|December 22, 2020
Abstract:
We conducted a molecular survey for Borrelia spp. in Ornithodoros ticks previously reported as biting humans. We collected specimens in natural ecosystems and inside human dwellings in 6 states in Brazil. Phylogenetic analyses unveiled the occurrence of 4 putatively new species of relapsing fever group borreliae.

