Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection, Austria

Abstract

We report a human case of Borrelia miyamotoi infection diagnosed in Austria. Spirochetes were detected in Giemsa-stained blood smears. The presence of B. miyamotoi in the patient’s blood was confirmed by PCR, and phylogenetic analysis identified an infection with a strain from Europe.

Keywords

• recurrent fever
• Borrelia miyamotoi
• rituximab
• tickborne diseases
• Austria
• tickborne infections