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Genomic blueprint of a relapsing fever pathogen in 15th century Scandinavia [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018 Significance Louse-borne relapsing fever was one of the major diseases affecting Western human populations, with its last major pandemic killing millions after World War I.
Meriam Guellil +7 more
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Louseborne Relapsing Fever in Young Migrants, Sicily, Italy, July–September 2015 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 To the Editor: During the early 20th century, at the end of World War I, and during World War II, louseborne relapsing fever (LBRF) caused by Borrelia recurrentis was a major public health problem, especially in eastern Europe and northern Africa (1,2 ...
A. Ciervo +9 more
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Vector Interactions and Molecular Adaptations of Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever Spirochetes Associated with Transmission by Ticks [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Pathogenic spirochetes in the genus Borrelia are transmitted primarily by two families of ticks. The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transmitted by the slow-feeding ixodid tick Ixodes scapularis, whereas the relapsing fever spirochete ...
Tom G. Schwan, Joseph Piesman
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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochetes in the Americas
Veterinary Sciences, 2016 Relapsing fever spirochetes are tick- and louse-borne pathogens that primarily afflict those in impoverished countries. Historically the pathogens have had a significant impact on public health, yet currently they are often overlooked because of the ...
Job E. Lopez +3 more
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A case report of relapsing fever
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2008 Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia.
Aher Atul +4 more
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Tickborne Relapsing Fever in Israel
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 We evaluated the epidemiology of relapsing fever from 1971 to 2003 in Israel. In civilians, incidence declined from 0.35 to 0.11 cases per 100,000 persons annually; in military personnel it averaged 6.4 cases per 100,000 persons annually.
Gil Sidi +5 more
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Tick-borne relapsing fever. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2020 A previously healthy 58-year-old man presented to an emergency department with a 3-day history of intermittent drenching sweats with rigours, diarrhoea, fatigue and decreased oral intake. These symptoms began a week after the patient returned from a summer vacation to a rural community in ...
Aviles ES +3 more
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Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 Five persons contracted tick-borne relapsing fever after staying in a cabin in western Montana. Borrelia hermsii was isolated from the blood of two patients, and Ornithodoros hermsi ticks were collected from the cabin, the first demonstration of this ...
Tom G. Schwan +5 more
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Borrelia hispanica Relapsing Fever, Morocco
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 We found that 20.5% of patients with an unexplained fever in northwestern Morocco had tick-borne relapsing fever. Molecular detection specific for the 16S rRNA gene identified Borrelia hispanica.
M’hammed Sarih +8 more
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Imported Tickborne Relapsing Fever, France [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Benjamin Wyplosz +9 more
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