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ON THE ISSUE OF THE STANDARD DEFINITION OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER CASE
Актуальные проблемы теоретической и клинической медициныIntroduction. Tick-borne infections caused by Borrelia belonging to the Lyme borreliosis groups (B. burgdorferi sensu lato) and relapsing fevers, which include B. miyamotoi.Objective.
A. M. Dmitrovskiy +6 more
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Tick-borne relapsing fever: conjunctival haemorrhages
BMJ Case Reports, 2009 A 16-year-old, previously healthy boy came to the hospital with a history of high fever for several days, severe headache, myalgias, nausea and vomiting. He reported a history of tick exposure a week before during his visit to a mountainous area in southern Spain. On examination he appeared to be acutely ill; …
Luis, Castilla-Guerra +3 more
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A Focus of Tick‐Borne Relapsing Fever in Southern Zaire [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1997 Relapsing fevers occur worldwide and are characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and spirochetemia. In central, eastern, and southern Africa, the disease is often caused by Borrelia duttonii, which is transmitted by the soft tick Ornithodors moubata.
H T, Dupont +3 more
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Detection of Borrelia crocidurae in a vaginal swab after miscarriage, rural Senegal, Western Africa
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) borreliae are one of the main causes of fever in rural Africa and can cause miscarriages. This article reports Borrelia crocidurae as a probable cause of spontaneous miscarriage, which was detected through vaginal self ...
Ndeye Safietou Fall +7 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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Tick-borne diseases in Egypt: A one health perspective
One Health, 2022 Background: Ticks are important arthropod vectors that transmit pathogens to humans and animals. Owing to favourable climatic and environmental conditions, along with animal importation from neighbouring countries, ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs ...
Abdelbaset Eweda Abdelbaset +2 more
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Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya
Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseBackground: 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 +7 more
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Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2019 Background Tick-borne disease is the result of spillover of pathogens into the human population. Traditionally, literature has focused on characterization of tick-borne disease pathogens and ticks in their sylvatic cycles.
W. Tanner Porter +7 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Neoehrlichia (N.) mikurensis, an intracellular tick-borne bacterium not detected by routine blood culture, is prevalent in ticks in Scandinavia, Central Europe and Northern Asia, and may cause long-standing fever, nightly sweats, migrating pain, skin ...
Johanna Sjöwall +4 more
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Transmission dynamics of Borrelia turicatae from the arthropod vector.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BackgroundWith the global distribution, morbidity, and mortality associated with tick and louse-borne relapsing fever spirochetes, it is important to understand the dynamics of vector colonization by the bacteria and transmission to the host.
William K Boyle +3 more
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