Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient, Western Europe

Abstract

Borrelia miyamotoi disease is a hard tick–borne relapsing fever illness that occurs across the temperate climate zone. Human B. miyamotoi disease in immunocompetent patients has been described in Russia, North America, and Japan. We describe a case of B. miyamotoi disease in an immunocompetent patient in western Europe.

Keywords

• tickborne diseases
• Borrelia miyamotoi
• Borrelia infections
• relapsing fever
• serology
• vector-borne infections