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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Characteristics of Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi, United States, 2013–2019

David W. McCormick, Catherine M. Brown, Jenna Bjork, Kim Cervantes, Brenda Esponda-Morrison, Jason Garrett, Natalie Kwit, Abigail Mathewson, Charles McGinnis, Marco Notarangelo, Rebecca Osborn, Elizabeth Schiffman, Haris Sohail, Amy M. Schwartz, Alison F. Hinckley, and Kiersten J. KugelerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (D.W. McCormick, A.M. Schwartz, A.F. Hinckley, K.J. Kugeler); Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (C.M. Brown); Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (J. Bjork, E. Schiffman); New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, New Jersey, USA (K. Cervantes); Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (B. Esponda-Morrison); Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (J. Garrett, C. McGinnis); Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont, USA (N. Kwit); New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA (A. Mathewson, M. Notarangelo); Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (R. Osborn); Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Augusta, Maine, USA (H. Sohail)

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Number of annual cases of hard tick relapsing fever (vertical bars) and number of states reporting cases of hard tick relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi (line), United States, 2013–2019. The left y-axis corresponds to the vertical bars, and the right y-axis corresponds to the line; scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. States reporting cases in that year are shown. CT, Connecticut; MA, Massachusetts; ME, Maine; MN, Minnesota; NH, New Hampshire; NJ, New Jersey; RI, Rhode Island; VT, Vermont; WI, Wisconsin.

Figure 2. Number of annual cases of hard tick relapsing fever (vertical bars) and number of states reporting cases of hard tick relapsing fever caused by Borrelia miyamotoi (line), United States, 2013–2019. The left y-axis corresponds to the vertical bars, and the right y-axis corresponds to the line; scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. States reporting cases in that year are shown. CT, Connecticut; MA, Massachusetts; ME, Maine; MN, Minnesota; NH, New Hampshire; NJ, New Jersey; RI, Rhode Island; VT, Vermont; WI, Wisconsin.

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