Louseborne Relapsing Fever among East African Refugees, Italy, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lucchini, Anna ; Lipani, Filippo ; Costa, Cecilia ; Scarvaglieri, Mariaelisabetta ; Balbiano, Rosanna ; Carosella, Sinibaldo ; Calcagno, Andrea ; Audagnotto, Sabrina ; Barbui, Anna Maria ; Brossa, Silvia ; Ghisetti, Valeria ; Dal Conte, Ivano ; Caramello, Pietro ; Di Perri, Giovanni
• Description:
  During June 9-September 30, 2015, five cases of louseborne relapsing fever were identified in Turin, Italy. All 5 cases were in young refugees from Somalia, 2 of whom had lived in Italy since 2011. Our report seems to confirm the possibility of local transmission of louse-borne relapsing fever.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Borrelia Humans Refugees Relapsing Fever Rna, Ribosomal, 16S
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(2):298-301.
• Pubmed ID:
  26812354
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4734540
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Eastern ; Italy
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:364260b5d85b01b9b7f432cc789722295b628941565497c87c528929dcaa22b0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38014/cdc_38014_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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