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Diagnosis of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever despite Negative Microscopy in Two Asylum Seekers from Eastern Africa. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2017
We report two cases of louse-borne relapsing fever observed at our Institution in June 2016. Both patients were young asylum seekers from Africa who had recently arrived in Milan, Italy.
Antinori S, Tonello C, Edouard S, Parravicini C, Gastaldi D, Grande R, Milazzo L, Ricaboni D, Fenollar F, Raoult D, Corbellino M, Mediannikov O.   +11 more
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Emerging bacterial infectious diseases/pathogens vectored by human lice

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Human lice have always been a major public health concern due to their vector capacity for louse-borne infectious diseases, like trench fever, louse-borne relapsing fever, and epidemic fever, which are caused by Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis,
Yuan-Ping Deng, Yi-Tian Fu, Chaoqun Yao, Renfu Shao, Xue-Ling Zhang, De-Yong Duan, Guo-Hua Liu   +6 more
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Detection and Genetic Diversity of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts in Human Lice Based on 16S-rRNA Gene. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
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
Marteau A, Brun S, Izri A, Akhoundi M.
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Human complement regulators C4b-binding protein and C1 esterase inhibitor interact with a novel outer surface protein of Borrelia recurrentis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
The spirochete Borrelia recurrentis is the causal agent of louse-borne relapsing fever and is transmitted to humans by the infected body louse Pediculus humanus. We have recently demonstrated that the B.
Sonja Grosskinsky, Melanie Schott, Christiane Brenner, Sally J Cutler, Markus M Simon, Reinhard Wallich   +5 more
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Comparative Analysis of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochaetes from Ethiopia and Nigeria

Pathogens, 2023
Despite increasing reports of tick-borne diseases in Africa, remarkably, reports of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in Nigeria are lacking. Ornithodoros savignyi from Nigeria have been reported with the relapsing fever Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica ...
Adefolake A. Bankole, Bersissa Kumsa, Gezahegne Mamo, Ndudim I. Ogo, Nusirat Elelu, Winston Morgan, Sally J. Cutler   +6 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in asylum seekers from Eritrea, the Netherlands, July 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
Two patients from Eritrea, recently arrived in the Netherlands, presented with fever and were investigated for malaria. Bloodfilms showed spirochetes but no blood parasites.
Sinha, B.; id_orcid, Cornish, D., Braks, M., Grundmann, H., Stienstra, Y., Sinha, B., Wilting, K. R.   +6 more
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A Case of Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction After Ceftriaxone Initiation for Lyme Carditis in Postpartum Female. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
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
Taylor E, Sujanani S, Khan A.
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New concepts for the old challenge of African relapsing fever borreliosis [PDF]

, 2009
Relapsing fever, caused by spirochaetes belonging to the genus Borrelia, was once the cause of worldwide epidemic disease. This was largely through infection with the louse-borne form of the disease, caused by Borrelia recurrentis (louse-borne relapsing ...
Abdissa, A., Trape, J.-F., Cutler, Sally
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Tick borne relapsing fever - a systematic review and analysis of the literature.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a zoonosis caused by various Borrelia species transmitted to humans by both soft-bodied and (more recently recognized) hard-bodied ticks.
Ákos Jakab, Pascal Kahlig, Esther Kuenzli, Andreas Neumayr   +3 more
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Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia.
Amina Boutellis, Oleg Mediannikov, Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha, Jemal Ali, Dayana Campelo, Stephen C. Barker, Didier Raoult   +6 more
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