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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia persica in Traveler to Central Asia, 2019 [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We report a case of tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica in a traveler returning to Switzerland from central Asia. After the disease was diagnosed by blood smear microscopy, the causative Borrelia species was confirmed by shotgun ...
Veronika Muigg   +8 more
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Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Endemic Area, Spain [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is caused by spirochetes of Borrelia bacteria. We collected data on all TBRF cases in a TBRF-endemic area in southwest Spain during 1994–2016.
María Carmen Domínguez   +3 more
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Regarding Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in the Americas; Some Historical Aspects of a Forgotten Disease in Colombia

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences, 2016
In the first decades of the 20th century, scientific papers were published suggesting the presence of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Colombia. As a contribution, we present some historical aspects referring to this topic.
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez   +1 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Endemic foci of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia crocidurae in Mali, West Africa, and the potential for human infection.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
BackgroundTick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes are maintained in endemic foci that involve a diversity of small mammals and argasid ticks in the genus Ornithodoros.
Tom G Schwan   +9 more
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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, Southern Spain, 2004–2015 [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Surveillance data indicate that tickborne diseases are substantial and increasing global public health problems (1). Various pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and helminthes, are transmitted from ticks to vertebrates (2).
Luis Castilla-Guerra   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Tick‐borne relapsing fever as a potential veterinary medical problem [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine and Science, 2018
Tick‐borne relapsing fever (TBRF) caused by the bacteria Borrelia, is poorly documented in veterinary medicine. Given the widespread presence of the soft tick vectors – Ornithodoros and the recently discovered hard tick vectors, as well as their close ...
Nusirat Elelu
doaj   +2 more sources

Tick‐borne relapsing fever and pregnancy outcome in rural Tanzania

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1997
Objective. To assess the impact of tick‐borne relapsing fever (TBRF) on the outcome of pregnancy. Design. Case control study of 137 pregnant women (cases) and 120 non‐pregnant women (controls) with TBRF between 1985 and 1995. Setting. A rural hospital in
Vincent H. W. M. Jongen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever [PDF]

open access: yesInfectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2008
Each year, many residents of and visitors to endemic regions of the western United States are exposed to the tick vectors of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF), Ornithodoros hermsi, Ornithodoros turicata, or Ornithodoros parkeri. This disease is remarkable because the human host is unaware of the tick bite, usually becomes very ill, may experience an ...
Mark S, Dworkin   +3 more
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Tick-Born Relapsing Fever and Genespecies Diversity of Borrelia: Current Status

open access: yesЭпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2022
Relevance. Tick-borne relapsing fevers caused by Borrelia species pathogenic for humans are not well understood. Aim of this review is to assess the genetic diversity of Borrelia with special attention to the relapsing fever group and phylogenetically ...
T. A. Chekanova, I. N. Manzeniuk
doaj   +1 more source

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