ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2020
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019.
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- Tick borne relapsing fever - a systematic review and analysis of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Borrelia theileri infection in beef and dairy cattle in Israel: molecular detection and co-infection with bovine piroplasmids.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Exposure in Horses to Human Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia persica, Israel, 2025.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Genomic and structural analysis of major antigenic proteins' variability in the human relapsing fever spirocheteCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2026Article
- Isolation and Genetic Characterization of the Human Relapsing Fever SpirocheteTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Borrelia persica infection in wild carnivores in Israel: molecular characterization and new potential reservoirs.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
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Abstract
We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing. PCR and sequencing techniques provide highly sensitive diagnostic tools superior to microscopy.
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