Relapsing Fever Group Borrelia in Southern California Rodents
[CanLyme note: Lyme disease is a borreliosis, caused by many strains/species of Borrelia. Relapsing fever is simply strain related Lyme disease (borreliosis)] Journal of Medical Entomology 51(5):1029-1034. 2014 Nathan C. Nieto and Mike B. Teglas ABSTRACT Wild rodent reservoir host species were surveyed prospectively for infection with Borrelia hermsii, the causative agent of tick-borne relapsing fever in the…