<i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i>
Authors: Peter J. Krause, Alan G. Barbour
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2015)

Letters15 December 2015Borrelia miyamotoiPeter J. Krause, MD and Alan G. Barbour, MDPeter J. Krause, MDFrom Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California. and Alan G. Barbour, MDFrom Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L15-5188 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Telford and colleagues suggest the term "BMD" for the illness caused by this recently described pathogen. A formal International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification, code or equivalent standardized terminology for the disease caused by B. miyamotoi has not yet been adopted. We suggested the term "HTBRF" as usage, at least provisionally. This name accurately indicates the class of pathogens to which B. miyamotoi belongs and also epidemiologically distinguishes the infection from the 2 other types of relapsing fever transmitted by different vectors: soft tick–borne relapsing fever and louse-borne relapsing fever.As we pointed out in ...References1. Platonov AE, Karan LS, Kolyasnikova NM, Makhneva NA, Toporkova MG, Maleev VV, et al. Humans infected with relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:1816-23. [PMID: 22000350] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Molloy PJ, Telford SR, Chowdri HR, Lepore TJ, Gugliotta JL, Weeks KE, et al. Borrelia miyamotoi disease in the northeastern United States: a case series. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163:91-8. [PMID: 26053877]. doi:10.7326/M15-0333 LinkGoogle Scholar3. Barbour AG. Relapsing fever.. In: Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 19th ed. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill; 2015. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M15-1219. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoBorrelia miyamotoi: The Newest Infection Brought to Us by Deer Ticks Peter J. Krause and Alan G. Barbour Borrelia miyamotoi Sam R. Telford III , Philip J. Molloy , and Victor P. Berardi Metrics Cited byGlycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase Identified as Non-Reliable Serological Marker for Borrelia miyamotoi Disease 15 December 2015Volume 163, Issue 12Page: 964KeywordsBone mineral densityDisclosureFeversInternational Classification of DiseasesLyme diseasePathogensPhylogenetic analysisRelapsing feverSepsisTicks ePublished: 15 December 2015 Issue Published: 15 December 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...