ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2018
Detection of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Austin, Texas, USA.
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- Tick borne relapsing fever - a systematic review and analysis of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
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- An Alarming Public Health Problem: Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Urban Recreational Parks.China CDC weekly · 2025Article
- Late-stage borreliosis and substance abuse.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Autogenous reproduction byApplied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Characterization of Immunological Responses toMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Comparative genomics of the Western Hemisphere soft tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae highlights extensive plasmid diversity.BMC genomics · 2022Article
- Diversity and distribution of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Clinically Relevant Relapsing FeverJournal of clinical microbiology · 2021Article
- Isolation of Borrelia miyamotoi and other Borreliae using a modified BSK medium.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Host Bloodmeal Identification in Cave-DwellingFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Prevalence of common tick-borne pathogens in white-tailed deer and coyotes in south Texas.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2020Article
- Corrigendum: Differential Expression of PutativeFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020Article
- Differential Expression of PutativeFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020Article
- Evaluating the risk of tick-borne relapsing fever among occupational cavers-Austin, TX, 2017.Zoonoses and public health · 2019Article
- Case report: A retrospective serological analysis indicating human exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Sonora, Mexico.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Seroprevalence for the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae among small and medium sized mammals of Texas.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
In March 2017, a patient became febrile within 4 days after visiting a rustic conference center in Austin, Texas, USA, where Austin Public Health suspected an outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever a month earlier. Evaluation of a patient blood smear and molecular diagnostic assays identified Borrelia turicatae as the causative agent. We could not gain access to the property to collect ticks. Thus, we focused efforts at a nearby public park, <1 mile from the suspected exposure site. We trapped Ornithodoros turicata ticks from 2 locations in the park, and laboratory evaluation resulted in cultivation of 3 B. turicatae isolates. Multilocus sequencing of 3 chromosomal loci (flaB, rrs, and gyrB) indicated that the isolates were identical to those of B. turicatae 91E135 (a tick isolate) and BTE5EL (a human isolate). We identified the endemicity of O. turicata ticks and likely emergence of B. turicatae in this city.
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