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 International audienceIntroductionLouse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an acute febrile infection that is typically characterized by one to three fairly regular waves of bacteremia [1,2].
Spinello Antinori +11 more
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Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp. [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 Differentiation of endemic East African tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia duttonii spirochetes from epidemic louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) B. recurrentis spirochetes into different species has been questioned.
Sally J. Cutler +2 more
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Multispacer sequence typing relapsing fever Borreliae in Africa.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BackgroundIn Africa, relapsing fevers are neglected arthropod-borne infections caused by closely related Borrelia species. They cause mild to deadly undifferentiated fever particularly severe in pregnant women.
Haitham Elbir +8 more
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Head lice as vectors of pathogenic microorganisms [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023 Body lice and head lice are the most common ectoparasites of humans. Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) occur worldwide in children and their caretakers, irrespective of their social status.
Hermann Feldmeier
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Ancient dental pulp: Masterpiece tissue for paleomicrobiology
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020 Introduction Dental pulp with special structure has become a good reference sample in paleomicrobiology‐related blood‐borne diseases, many pathogens were detected by different methods based on the diagnosis of nucleic acids and proteins.
Ba Hoang Anh Mai +2 more
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Multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic of relapsing fevers in Africa.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BackgroundIn Africa, relapsing fever borreliae are neglected arthropod-borne pathogens causing mild to deadly septicemia and miscarriage. The closely related Borrelia crocidurae, Borrelia duttonii, Borrelia recurrentis and Borrelia hispanica are rarely ...
Haitham Elbir +13 more
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Typing African Relapsing Fever Spirochetes
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Relapsing fever Borrelia spp. challenge microbiologic typing because they possess segmented genomes that maintain essential genes on large linear plasmids. Antigenic variation further complicates typing.
Julie Christine Scott +2 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 HealthLouse-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 +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 Rashaun Potts +2 more
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Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, we investigated the prevalence of Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana, and Borrelia recurrentis in 841 body lice collected from various countries. We detected R.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier +4 more
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