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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Cutler, Sally J.
Description:
Relapsing fever Borrelia infections have attracted little attention in recent years; however, where endemic, these infections still result in considerable illness and death. Despite the marked antimicrobial drug susceptibility of these organisms, therapy is often delayed through lack of clinical suspicion. With increasing travel, infections may be imported, through exotic relapsing fever infection or through resurgence of infected disease vectors. Although louseborne relapsing fever is now geographically limited, it was once of global importance. The possibility for reemergence was recently highlighted by the probable reemergence of louseborne relapsing fever in homeless persons from France. Host limitations enforced through louseborne transmission are less applicable for the tickborne forms of relapsing fever. Although the latter have reduced potential for epidemic spread, they have the ability to infect diverse hosts, thus establishing reservoirs of infection and presenting greater challenges for their control.
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Animals
Arthropod Vectors
Borrelia Duttonii
Borrelia Recurrentis
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs
Humans
Louseborne Infections
Perspective
Relapsing Fever
Spirochetes
Tickborne Infections
Travel Medicine
Relapsing Fever

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(3):369-374.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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