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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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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Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya [PDF]
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,
Flavia Reyer +7 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe [PDF]
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016 Louse-borne relapsing fever a neglected and forgotten disease by western physicians has recently re-emerged among East African migrants seeking asylum in Europe. We review here the cases observed so far together with a critical reappraisal of several issues regarding clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment.
Spinello Antinori +2 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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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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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
doaj +2 more sources