Relapsing Fever Spirochetal Infectious Diseases

Relapsing Fever

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.

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• - Detailed article from eMedicine.com.
  
• - Lecture notes from an infectious diseases course.
  
• - News release from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
  
  

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