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Borrelia miyamotoi in Human-Biting Ticks, United States, 2013-2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|November 22, 2021
Abstract:
During 2013-2019, Borrelia miyamotoi infection was detected in 19 US states. Infection rate was 0.5%-3.2%; of B. miyamotoi-positive ticks, 59.09% had concurrent infections. B. miyamotoi is homogeneous with 1 genotype from Ixodes scapularis ticks in northeastern and midwestern states and 1 from I. pacificus in western states.

