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Serological evidence of Borrelia turicatae in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Tick-borne relapsing fever is a neglected and overlooked disease. In Mexico, numerous historical reports document the distribution of Ornithodoros turicata, the vector of Borrelia turicatae, as well as human cases of infection.
Jose A Hernández Martínez, Valeria Leal-Sepúlveda, Alan A Zavala-Norzagaray, Emilio Rendón-Franco, César P Ley-Quiñonez, Patricio Pellegrini-Hernández, Job E Lopez, J Antonio Ibarra   +7 more
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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Dogs. [PDF]

J Vet Intern Med, 2016
Abstract Background In the United States, Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) in dogs is caused by the spirochete bacteria Borrelia turicatae and Borrelia hermsii, transmitted by Ornithodoros spp. ticks.
Piccione J, Levine GJ, Duff CA, Kuhlman GM, Scott KD, Esteve-Gassent MD.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Tick borne relapsing fever - a systematic review and analysis of the literature. [PDF]

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, Pascal Kahlig, Esther Kuenzli, Andreas Neumayr   +3 more
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Borreliae Part 2: Borrelia Relapsing Fever Group and Unclassified Borrelia [PDF]

Biology, 2021
Borreliae of the relapsing fever group (RFG) are heterogenous and can be divided mainly into three groups according to vectors, namely the soft-tick-borne relapsing fever (STBRF) Borreliae, the hard-tick-borne relapsing fever (HTBRF) Borreliae, the louse-
Giusto Trevisan, Marina Cinco, Sara Trevisini, Nicola di Meo, Maurizio Ruscio, Patrizia Forgione, Serena Bonin   +6 more
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Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp.

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
Differentiation of endemic East African tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia duttonii spirochetes from epidemic louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) B. recurrentis spirochetes into different species has been questioned.
Sally J. Cutler, E. Margarita Bonilla, Rajbir J. Singh   +2 more
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Exposure in Horses to Human Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia persica, Israel, 2025 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Human tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica is common in western Asia. A survey of 301 horses in Israel revealed 9.96% seropositivity toward B. persica antigens; 1 horse (0.33%) was also PCR positive for B. persica DNA.
Dor Shwartz, Lior Haras, Yaarit Nachum-Biala, Sharon Tirosh-Levy, Amir Steinman, Gad Baneth   +5 more
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Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever are highly-neglected, vector-borne diseases caused by diverse Borrelia species. Presently, there are no data available on the endemicity of tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Kenya. Here,
Flavia Reyer, Martyna Olesiuk, Florian Röttgerding, Volker Fingerle, Abdulrahman Adamu, Dan Waithiru, John Njeru, Peter Kraiczy   +7 more
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Borrelia hispanica Relapsing Fever, Morocco [PDF]

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, Martine Garnier, Najma Boudebouch, Ali Bouattour, Abdelaziz Rihani, Mohammed Hassar, Lise Gern, Danièle Postic, Muriel Cornet   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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, Michel eDRANCOURT   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Tick-borne relapsing fever in pregnancy [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
In August 2012, a previously healthy 34-year-old insect ecologist in her 31st week of pregnancy presented to an obstetrics clinic in Toronto, Ontario, with a 2-day history of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and myalgia.
Haseena, Hussein, Adrienne, Showler, Darrell H S, Tan   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources