2011
Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia - Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Platonov AE, Karan LS, Kolyasnikova NM, Makhneva NA, Toporkova MG, Maleev VV, Fish D, Krause PJ. Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia - Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2011, 17: 1816-1823. PMID: 22000350, PMCID: PMC3310649, DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB. miyamotoi infectionMiyamotoi infectionInfectious Diseases journal - CDCBorrelia miyamotoiInfluenza-like illnessB. burgdorferi infectionFever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoiDisease-like symptomsFebrile illnessI. ricinus ticksErythema migransClinical manifestationsIxodid tick vectorsBurgdorferi infectionI. scapularis ticksIxodes persulcatus ticksInfectionRicinus ticksScapularis ticksB. burgdorferiB. gariniiFeverWidespread prevalenceIllnessMiyamotoi
2001
Prophylaxis with Single-Dose Doxycycline for the Prevention of Lyme Disease after an Ixodes scapularis Tick Bite
Nadelman R, Nowakowski J, Fish D, Falco R, Freeman K, McKenna D, Welch P, Marcus R, Agüero-Rosenfeld M, Dennis D, Wormser G. Prophylaxis with Single-Dose Doxycycline for the Prevention of Lyme Disease after an Ixodes scapularis Tick Bite. New England Journal Of Medicine 2001, 345: 79-84. PMID: 11450675, DOI: 10.1056/nejm200107123450201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose of doxycyclineTick biteLyme diseaseErythema migransSingle-dose doxycyclinePlacebo-controlled trialFrequent adverse effectsMore frequent adverse effectsEfficacy of treatmentSerum antibody testsNymphal ticksAsymptomatic seroconversionPlacebo groupDoxycycline groupBlood culturesDegree of engorgementExtracutaneous signsI. scapularis ticksAntibody testAntimicrobial treatmentDiseaseAdverse effectsDoxycyclineBiteBorrelia burgdorferi