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Clinical Presentation of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever Among Ethiopian Refugees in Northern Somalia.
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is still endemic among Ethiopian populations. In order to assess the clinical presentation of LBRF in an Ethiopian refugee camp in northern Somalia, a referral system was organized for all pyrexias of unknown origin ...
Rousset, J J +6 more
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Growth of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochetes in Chick Embryo
It is well known that important biological differences exist between the tick-borne and louse-borne relapsing fever spirochetes. With the former, infection can readily be produced in a large variety of laboratory animals which together with the tick, serve as means of keeping the strain in the laboratory. On the other hand, few animals were found to be
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Characterisation of silent and active genes for a variable large protein of
Background We report the characterisation of the variable large protein (vlp) gene expressed by clinical isolate A1 of Borrelia recurrentis; the agent of the life-threatening disease louse-borne relapsing fever.
Scragg Ian G +4 more
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International Network for Capacity Building for the Control of Emerging Viral Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases: Arbo-Zoonet [PDF]
Arboviruses are arthropod-borne viruses, which include West Nile fever virus (WNFV), a mosquito-borne virus, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a mosquito-borne virus, and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a tick-borne virus.
Paweska, J. +15 more
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Background: Ethiopia is the main endemic focus of louse borne relapsing fever (LBRF). It usually occurs in form of outbreaks under conditions of poor socioeconomic status, overcrowding, drought and ...
Sintayehu , Yohanness +3 more
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Tick-borne relapsing fever in a premature infant
Relapsing fever is caused by the Borrelia species of spirochetes. Louse-born epidemics of the disease may occur but the endemic disease is usually transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick (Ornithodorus).
Brasseur, Daniel
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Louseborne Relapsing Fever in Young Migrants, Sicily, Italy, July–September 2015
Alessandra Ciervo +9 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever - report of four cases in Switzerland, June-December 2015. [PDF]
Osthoff M +4 more
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