Borrelia miyamotoi is a tick-borne bacterium which has only recently been identified in Europe as a human pathogen causing relapsing fever. In contrast to Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetes of Borrelia miyamotoi achieve higher burdens in the blood than in the skin of their hosts.
Material: tick / ticks
How to deliver: 70% - 96% ethanol
Method: PCR/nested PCR + sequencing