Novel approaches for the serodiagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) caused by B. recurrentis is a poverty-related and neglected infectious disease with an endemic focus in the Horn of Africa.
Florian Röttgerding +10 more
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A novel animal model of Borrelia recurrentis louse-borne relapsing fever borreliosis using immunodeficient mice. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) borreliosis is caused by Borrelia recurrentis, and it is a deadly although treatable disease that is endemic in the Horn of Africa but has epidemic potential.
Christer Larsson +3 more
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Epistaxis and thrombocytopenia as major presentations of louse borne relapsing fever: Hospital-based study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundLouse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) remains a cause of sporadic illness and occasional outbreaks in Ethiopia and other east African countries in overcrowded and unhygienic settings.
Eyob Girma Abera +5 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever-A systematic review and analysis of the literature: Part 1-Epidemiology and diagnostic aspects. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a classical epidemic disease, which in the past was associated with war, famine, poverty, forced migration, and crowding under poor hygienic conditions around the world.
Pascal Kahlig +2 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever-A systematic review and analysis of the literature: Part 2-Mortality, Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, impact on pregnancy. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a classical epidemic disease, which in the past was associated with war, famine, poverty, forced migration, and crowding under poor hygienic conditions around the world.
Pascal Kahlig +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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Unusual presentation of complicated relapsing fever with spontaneous hemoperitoneum mimicking surgical acute abdomen: a case report [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground: Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a prevalent disease in Ethiopia, affecting malnourished and impoverished populations. Historically fatal, mortality has decreased to less than 5% with antibiotics.
Yemane Gebremedhin Tesfay +6 more
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Prevalence and Susceptibility Status of Body Louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) (Anoplura: Pediculidae) to Deltamethrin in Urmia City, Iran (2024) [PDF]
Journal of Arthropod-Borne DiseasesBackground: The body louse spreads diseases such as epidemic typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever and has shown resistance to various insecticides.
Samira Firooziyan +4 more
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The genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of deadly louse-borne relapsing fever, is a degraded subset of tick-borne Borrelia duttonii. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2008 In an effort to understand how a tick-borne pathogen adapts to the body louse, we sequenced and compared the genomes of the recurrent fever agents Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii. The 1,242,163-1,574,910-bp fragmented genomes of B. recurrentis and B.
Magali Lescot +10 more
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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 +11 more
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