Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes nipponensis in Korea.
Choon Mee KimJi Won SeoDong Min KimNa Ra YunJung Wook ParkJae Keun ChungHyun Jae SongPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Our study has shown the harboring of B. miyamotoi by I. nipponensis in South Korea. Morphological and molecular genetic analyses revealed that, in South Korea, I. nipponensis could potentially transmit B. miyamotoi to humans.