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Relapsing Fever
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Description
An acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The fevers spontaneously abate and then recur. The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) is the main vector. A less severe form is transmitted by soft ticks of the genus Ornithodorus.
Description
An acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The fevers spontaneously abate and then recur. The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) is the main vector. A less severe form is transmitted by soft ticks of the genus Ornithodorus.
Relapsing Fever
Relapsing Fever
(Site) - Lecture notes from an infectious diseases course.
Tick-borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever
(Site) - Detailed article from eMedicine.com.
Relapsing Fever
(Site) - Brief description from the Lyme Disease Foundation.
Relapsing Fever Spirochete Switches Surface Proteins When it Changes Hosts
(Site) - News release from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Last update: 2008-05-06 13:31:59
Relapsing Fever
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