Article: Borrelia spielmanii erythema migrans, Hungary.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)

To the Editor: Lyme disease is the most frequent tickborne human infection in the northern hemisphere. At least 5 species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. afzelii, B. garinii, B. bissettii, and B. lusitaniae, have a pathogenic role in human Lyme disease in central Europe (1-3). A sixth pathogenic strain, A14S, has been isolated from 1 Dutch (4) and 2 German patients with erythema migrans (5). This strain was also detected in 4 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in Germany (6,7) and 1 in the Czech Republic (8). A14S has recently been described as a new species, B. spielmanii (9); its main reservoir host is probably the garden ...

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