Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya
Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: Tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever are highly-neglected, vector-borne diseases caused by diverse Borrelia species. Presently, there are no data available on the endemicity of tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Kenya. Here,
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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.
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Borrelia recurrentis employs a novel multifunctional surface protein with anti-complement, anti-opsonic and invasive potential to escape innate immunity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Borrelia recurrentis, the etiologic agent of louse-borne relapsing fever in humans, has evolved strategies, including antigenic variation, to evade immune defence, thereby causing severe diseases with high mortality rates.
Sonja Grosskinsky +7 more
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Borreliae Part 2: Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group and Unclassified Borrelia [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Borreliae of the relapsing fever group (RFG) are heterogenous and can be divided mainly into three groups according to vectors, namely the soft-tick-borne relapsing fever (STBRF) Borreliae, the hard-tick-borne relapsing fever (HTBRF) Borreliae, the louse-
Giusto Trevisan +6 more
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A mathematical model for the transmission of louse-borne relapsing fever [PDF]
European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2017 We present a detailed derivation and analysis of a model consisting of seven coupled delay differential equations for louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF), a disease transmitted from human to human by the body louse Pediculus humanus humanus. Delays model the latency stages of LBRF in humans and lice, which vary in duration from individual to individual,
Alsheri, Ahuod, Gourley, Stephen
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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochetes in the Americas
Veterinary Sciences, 2016 Relapsing fever spirochetes are tick- and louse-borne pathogens that primarily afflict those in impoverished countries. Historically the pathogens have had a significant impact on public health, yet currently they are often overlooked because of the ...
Job E. Lopez +3 more
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Louseborne Relapsing Fever among East African Refugees, Italy, 2015
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 During June 9–September 30, 2015, five cases of louseborne relapsing fever were identified in Turin, Italy. All 5 cases were in young refugees from Somalia, 2 of whom had lived in Italy since 2011.
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Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp.
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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Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Children in the North-west of Iran, Qazvin [PDF]
Prague Medical Report, 2015 Relapsing fever is caused by the Borrelia species of spirochetes. Louse-borne epidemics of the disease may happen but the endemic disease is generally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick (Ornithodorus).
Parviz Ayazi +4 more
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Ancient <i>Borrelia</i> genomes document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever. [PDF]
ScienceSeveral bacterial pathogens have transitioned from tick-borne to louse-borne transmission, which often involves genome reduction and increasing virulence. However, the timing of such transitions remains unclear.
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