relapsing fever

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Synonyms for relapsing fever

marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks

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References in periodicals archive ?
Fourth case of louse-borne relapsing fever in young migrant, Sicily, Italy, December 2015: mini review article.
There are two forms of relapsing fever: tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) and louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF).
Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe.
Comparison of antibiotic regimens for treating louse-borne relapsing fever: a meta-analysis.
Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in asylum-seekers from Eritrea, the Netherlands, July 2015.
Louse-borne relapsing fever; factsheet for health professionals.
The genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of deadly louse-borne relapsing fever, is a degraded subset of tick-borne Borrelia duttonii.
The human body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) has played a key historical role in the transmission of diseases such as trench fever, epidemic typhus, and louse-borne relapsing fever (1,2).
In conclusion, head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever were infected with B.