Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA
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Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA
In July 2013, a resident of the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana, USA, contracted tickborne relapsing fever caused by an infection with the spirochete Borrelia hermsii. The patient's travel history and activities before onset of illness indicated a possible exposure on his residential property on the eastern side of the valley. An onsite investigation of the potential exposure site found th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2102.141276