"Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica" Detected from a Febrile Traveller Returning to Germany from Vacation in Southern Africa

Volker Fingerle; Michael Pritsch; Martin Wächtler; Gabriele Margos; Sabine Ruske; Jette Jung; Thomas Löscher; Clemens Wendtner; Andreas Wieser

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004559

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"Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica" Detected from a Febrile Traveller Returning to Germany from Vacation in Southern Africa

Volker Fingerle ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Volker Fingerle, Michael Pritsch

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Dienststelle Oberschleißheim, Germany
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Michael Pritsch ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Volker Fingerle, Michael Pritsch

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the LMU, Munich, Germany
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Martin Wächtler,

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinikum Schwabing, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität und Technischen Universität, Munich, Germany
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Gabriele Margos,

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Borrelia, Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL), Dienststelle Oberschleißheim, Germany
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Sabine Ruske,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the LMU, Munich, Germany
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Jette Jung,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Max von Pettenkofer-Institute LMU Munich, Germany
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Thomas Löscher,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the LMU, Munich, Germany
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Clemens Wendtner,

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Oncology, Immunology, Palliative Care, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinikum Schwabing, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität und Technischen Universität, Munich, Germany
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Andreas Wieser

* E-mail: wieser@mvp.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the LMU, Munich, Germany, Department of Bacteriology, Max von Pettenkofer-Institute LMU Munich, Germany, College of Public Health and Medical Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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"Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica" Detected from a Febrile Traveller Returning to Germany from Vacation in Southern Africa

Volker Fingerle,
Michael Pritsch,
Martin Wächtler,
Gabriele Margos,
Sabine Ruske,
Jette Jung,
Thomas Löscher,
Clemens Wendtner,
Andreas Wieser

Published: March 31, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004559

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