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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 +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 +6 more
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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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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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Variable major lipoprotein is a principal TNF-inducing factor of louse-borne relapsing fever. [PDF]
, 1998 Massive release of tumor necrosis factor is responsible for the potentially fatal larisch-Herxheimer reaction that follows antibiotic treatment of relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis.
Dominic Kwiatkowski +15 more
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Typing African Relapsing Fever Spirochetes [PDF]
, 2005 Relapsing fever Borrelia spp. challenge microbiologictyping because they possess segmented genomes thatmaintain essential genes on large linear plasmids.Antigenic variation further complicates typing.
Wright, David Julian Maurice +2 more
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Forgotten diseases: relapsing fever [PDF]
, 2004 Relapsing fever is a group of conditions that is characterized by recurrent febrile episodes interspaced with periods of no symptoms at all. They are arthropod-borne spirochetal infections of the Borrellia genus and occur in two main forms: tick-borne ...
Gangaidzo, I.T.
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