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 (Borrelia recurrentisinfection) [PDF]
Epidemiology and Infection, 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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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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Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S‐rRNA Gene [PDF]
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.Candidatus Riesia pediculicola and Wolbachia were found in 79.6% and 95.2% of head lice, and 81.8% and 100% of body lice. Candidatus Riesia pthiripubis and Wolbachia appeared in 41.7% and 75% of pubic lice. Maximum‐likelihood 16S‐rRNA phylogeny revealed substantial heterogeneity within symbiont populations. ABSTRACT Human lice are obligate bloodsucking
Anthony Marteau +3 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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A Case of Jarisch–Herxheimer Reaction After Ceftriaxone Initiation for Lyme Carditis in Postpartum Female [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Lyme carditis is a complication occurring in 1%–5% of Lyme disease infections. It can lead to life‐threatening cardiac conduction abnormalities. Treatment with antibiotics may trigger the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction (JHR), an acute inflammatory response to spirochetal lysis. Here, we present a 32‐year‐old postpartum female with complete heart block and
Emily Taylor +3 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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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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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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