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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Research

Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA

Joshua Christensen, Robert J. Fischer, Brandi N. McCoy, Sandra J. Raffel, and Tom G. SchwanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, Montana, USA (J. Christensen); University of Montana College of Health Professionals and Biomedical Sciences, Missoula (J. Christensen); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, Montana, USA (R.J. Fischer, B.N. McCoy, S.J. Raffel, T.G. Schwan)

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Figure 1

A) Spirochetes in blood smear of a 55-year-old man with tickborne relapsing fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA (Giemsa stain). Erythrocyte diameters are ≈6–8 µm. B) Spirochetes in blood smear of the patient visualized by indirect immunofluorescent antibody staining with mouse monoclonal antibody H9724 and goat anti-mouse antibody conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (original magnification ×1,000).

Figure 1. A) Spirochetes in blood smear of a 55-year-old man with tickborne relapsing fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA (Giemsa stain). Erythrocyte diameters are ≈6–8 µm. B) Spirochetes in blood smear of the patient visualized by indirect immunofluorescent antibody staining with mouse monoclonal antibody H9724 and goat anti-mouse antibody conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate (original magnification ×1,000).

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