Borrelia miyamotoi (iSpot)

Description

A special type of disease associated with borreliae is infection caused by Borrelia miyamotoi. which was discovered in Japan in 1995. However, it can now be found all over the world.

In recent years, it has become increasingly common Borrelia miyamotoi is found in ticks
(England, Germany, USA, Russia, etc.), there have also been reported cases of .

Borrelia miyamotoi belongs to the group of relapsing fever pathogens and can cause symptoms such as: recurrent fever, chills, headache, joint and muscle pain, fatigue, nausea/vomiting, sometimes conjunctivitis and cough with an incubation period of 5-15 days.
Symptoms usually occur within 2-9 days. They may recur in periods of varying length or persist. Unlike infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, erythema migrans usually does not appear.

Atypical symptoms of an infection caused by Borrelia miyamotoithere could be: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, hepatitis, myocarditis, arrhythmias, pulmonary symptoms (e.g., ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), facial nerve palsy, hearing loss, iritis (inflammation of the iris), polyneuropathy, or
neuropsychiatric disorders.

Laboratory diagnosis by antibody detection is not currently available in conventional laboratories.
ArminLabs performs assays to determine cellular activity against Borrelia miyamotoi using the certified iSpot method