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The First Immunocompetent Mouse Model of Strictly Human Pathogen, Borrelia recurrentis [PDF]

Infection and Immunity, 2021
The spirochetal bacterium Borrelia recurrentis causes louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF). Borrelia recurrentis is unique because, as opposed to other Borrelia spirochetes, this strictly human pathogen is transmitted by lice.
Artem Rogovskyy, Brianne Taylor, Dominique J Wiener   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Hemorrhagic Diathesis in Borrelia recurrentis Infection Imported to Germany [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
To the Editor: Relapsing fevers are paroxysmal bloodstream infections caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. Louseborne relapsing fever (LBRF; i.e., epidemic relapsing fever) is caused by B. recurrentis and transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Christian Keller, Malte Zumblick, Katrin Streubel, Markus Eickmann, Daniela Müller, Martina Kerwat, Stephan Becker, Thomas Gress   +7 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia: an urgent call for WHO recognition as a neglected tropical disease [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF), caused by Borrelia recurrentis and transmitted by the human body louse, remains a persistent health emergency in Ethiopia, resulting in preventable mortality among young adults.
Balew Arega, Amdemeskel Mersha, Asnake Agunie, Amanuel Zeleke, Birhane Tafesse, Yonas Melaku, Alazar Regassa, Mesfin Abiyo, Enyew Liyew, Kidist Samuel, Bereket Tesfaye   +10 more
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A Comparative Study of Body Lice and Bed Bugs Reveals Factors Potentially Involved in Differential Vector Competence for the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia recurrentis [PDF]

Infection and Immunity, 2022
Lee Baugh, JOSÉ Pietri, Jamie Scholl
exaly   +2 more sources

Multifunctional interaction of CihC/FbpC orthologs of relapsing fever spirochetes with host-derived proteins involved in adhesion, fibrinolysis, and complement evasion [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionRelapsing fever (RF) remains a neglected human disease that is caused by a number of diverse pathogenic Borrelia (B.) species. Characterized by high cell densities in human blood, relapsing fever spirochetes have developed plentiful ...
Ann-Sophie Damm, Flavia Reyer, Luisa Langhoff, Yi-Pin Lin, Franco Harald Falcone, Peter Kraiczy   +5 more
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Isolation and Genetic Characterization of the Human Relapsing Fever Spirochete <i>Borrelia persica</i> from a Dog with Improved Cultivation Techniques. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis
Borrelia persica is the causative agent of tick‐borne relapsing fever in Israel and is prevalent in the Eastern Mediterranean basin and parts of Asia. Infection with B. persica causes severe illness and potentially life‐threatening complications in humans and companion animals. Isolation and in vitro cultivation of B.
Shwartz D, Nachum-Biala Y, Ben-Shitrit B, Straubinger RK, Baneth G.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis infection). [PDF]

Epidemiol Infect, 2019
AbstractLouse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an epidemic disease with a fascinating history from Hippocrates’ times, through the 6th century ‘Yellow Plague’, to epidemics in Ireland, Scotland and England in the 19th century and two large Afro-Middle Eastern pandemics in the 20th century.
Warrell DA.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe? [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Spinello Antinori, Oleg Mediannikov, Mario Corbellino, Romualdo Grande, Carlo Parravicini, Giovanna Bestetti, Erika Longhi, Davide Ricaboni, Cyrille Bilé Ehounoud, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult, Sara Giordana Rimoldi   +11 more
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Head Lice Infestation in Pre‐High School Girls, Lak Hok Suburban Area, Pathum Thani Province, in Central Thailand

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
This is a cross‐sectional descriptive survey to determine the prevalence of lice infestation in a pre‐high school, Lak Hok subdistrict, Pathum Thani Province, in central part of Thailand. The knowledge, attitudes, and practices of parents/guardians toward head lice in female children during February–April 2020 were evaluated.
Sirima Kitvatanachai, Kanyanan Kritsiriwutthinan, Aree Taylor, Pochong Rhongbutsri, José F. Silveira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subversion of the immune response of human pathogenic spirochetes

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 36, Issue 5, May 2022., 2022
In this review, we aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of immune evasion strategies in spirochetes infection. These strategies can be explained from the following points: (i) Antigenic variation: random, unidirectional, and segmental conversion of the gene to evade immune surveillance; (ii) Overcoming the attack of the complement system ...
Jielite Huang, Jinlin Chen, Yafeng Xie, Zhuoran Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source