Borrelia miyamotoi disease

Term ID

DOID:0070527

Synonyms

• BMD
• hard tick-borne relapsing fever

Definition

A primary bacterial infectious disease that has_material_basis_in Borrelia miyamotoi, which is transmitted_by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus), the taiga tick (Ixodes persulcatus), or the castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus). The infection has_symptom fever, headache, chills, muscle pain, joint pain, asthenia, fatigue and nausea, and rarely relapses. (2)

References

• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:713014002
• UMLS_CUI:C4076531

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:0070527 )