LymeDisease Bacteria and Borrelia Miyamotoi Can Be Reliably Diagnosed byDNA Sequencing, Milford Hospital Pathologist Announced

Commentary: A new commercially available PCR test is now available for Lyme disease and Borrelia miyamotoi. If clinically validated, this would be an important step forward in testing, as we have not had reliable tests for both organisms. Borrelia miyamotoi can cause a Lyme-like illness, and 10-20% of the ticks in the northeast may contain this organism.
Ticks are able to transmit Borrelia miyamotoi transovarially (directly from the mother to the eggs) so the larvae can be infected without the ticks feeding on a blood meal. This increases the probability of widespread infection in the population. No commercially available blood test has been available to date for Borrelia miyamotoi. Tick-borne relapsing fever with Borrelia hermsii and B. miyamotoi, and their clinical presentations are discussed in my book on pages 124-126.

LymeDisease Bacteria and Borrelia Miyamotoi Can Be Reliably Diagnosed byDNA Sequencing, Milford Hospital Pathologist Announced, Business Wire