Year: 2003
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Five persons contracted tick-borne relapsing fever after staying in a cabin in western Montana. Borrelia hermsii was isolated from the blood of two patients, and Ornithodoros hermsi ticks were collected from the cabin, the first demonstration of this bacterium and tick in Montana. Relapsing fever should be considered when patients who reside or have vacationed in western Montana exhibit a recurring febrile illness.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Tom G. Schwan, Paul F. Policastro, Zachary Miller, Robert L. Thompson, Todd Damrow, James E. Keirans
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2137897902