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Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Relapsing fever group Borrelia (RFGB) are motile spirochetes transmitted to mammalian or avian hosts through the bite of hematophagous arthropods, such as soft ticks (Argasidae), hard ticks (Ixodidae) and the human clothing lice.
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez +6 more
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SELECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASE DISASTERS FOR NURSING STAFF TRAINING AT EGYPTIAN EASTERN BORDER [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014 Infectious disease disasters are events that involve a biological agent, disease and that result in mass casualties, such as a bioterrorism attack, an emerging outbreak of infectious disease; all disasters pose a risk of infection transmission.
TOSSON MORSY +4 more
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Laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne African relapsing fevers: latest developments
Frontiers in Public Health, 2015 In Africa, relapsing fevers caused by ectoparasite-borne Borrelia species are transmitted by ticks, with the exception of Borrelia recurrentis, which is a louse-borne spirochete.
Aurélien eFotso Fotso +1 more
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Travel- and migration-associated epidermal parasitic skin diseases. A review
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Epidermal parasitic skin diseases are a family of parasitic diseases which occur globally or are frequent in special settings. Epidermal parasitic skin diseases occur in travelers and migrants, although epidemiology and/or clinical manifestations differ ...
Hermann Feldmeier
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Journal of Infection and Public HealthLouse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF), caused by Borrelia recurrentis, is a neglected vector-borne infection associated with overcrowding, migration, and poor hygiene conditions. We describe eight spatiotemporally linked cases of Borrelia spp.
Mohammed Bazuqamah +8 more
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2005 INTRODUCTION Borrelial diseases are an important cause of undiagnosed fever. Improved standards of living and better sanitary conditions have almost completely controlled louse borne relapsing fever; however sporadic cases of tick borne relapsing ...
Kamran Aziz +3 more
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Relapsing fever in a traveller returning from Senegal
, 2021 KEY POINTS • A broad differential should be maintained in the returning traveller with fever, and a detailed travel, social and exposure history elicited to help guide appropriate diagnostics. • Spirochetes seen in routine peripheral blood or malaria
Eckbo, Eric +3 more
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Human Serological Response to Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1973 Serological response to louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia was determined by immobilization tests using Borrelia recurrentis cultures. Isolates from 26 patients tested with autologous convalescent sera showed from 90 to 100% of the organisms had been immobilized.
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Tropical farmers try to adapt calf‐rearing systems to temperate dairy industry standards. Calves in tick‐infested areas develop stronger immunity to TBD under controlled exposure to ticks. Early tick exposure promotes sustainable management, balancing tick infestation and developing TBD immunity.
Daniela Balseca +11 more
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