Tick-borne disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Physicians say a new kind of tick-borne infection that’s similar to Lyme disease can mislead doctors into thinking it’s a different condition. _Borrelia miyamotoi_ can cause flu-like symptoms that are similar to Lyme disease, researchers found.
“In the few case reports available for patients in the US, symptoms of _B. miyamotoi_ infection have included fever, fatigue, body aches, joint pain, and headache,” said Dr Bobbi Pritt, director of clinical parasitology at the Mayo Clinic in
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