Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Humans with Tick Bites and Erythema Migrans, in the Netherlands Article Swipe

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Setareh Jahfari , Agnetha Hofhuis , Manoj Fonville , Joke van der Giessen , Wilfrid van Pelt , Hein Sprong ·

YOU? · · 2016 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005042 · OA: W2528711546

Based on molecular detection techniques, the probability of infection with a tick-borne pathogen other than Lyme spirochetes after a tick bite is roughly 2.4%, in the Netherlands. Similarly, among patients with erythema migrans, the probability of a co-infection with another tick-borne pathogen is approximately 2.7%. How often these infections cause disease symptoms or to what extend co-infections affect the course of Lyme borreliosis needs further investigations.