Louse-borne relapsing fever is caused by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia recurrentis, which is transmitted by body lice ...

Louse-borne relapsing fever is an acute bacterial infection that triggers recurring episodes of high fever. It is caused by ...

Malaria and the Borrelia infection relapsing fever are diseases with similar symptoms that can occur simultaneously. In such cases, the malaria is moderated while the relapsing fever becomes more ...

While antibiotic treatment is highly effective, soft rick relapsing fever (STRF) can result in severe health complications, including death, if not treated in a timely manner. The authors of a recent ...

A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) is endemic to the mountainous regions of the western United States, particularly ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. They detected two pathogens, those responsible for paratyphoid fever ...

Institut Pasteur and partner institutions report genetic evidence of Salmonella enterica lineage Para C and Borrelia recurrentis in Napoleonic soldiers from Vilnius, indicating paratyphoid fever and ...

A team of experts believe they’ve confirmed the first U.S. case of tickborne illness caused by a particular bacteria. The case involved a 75-year-old Alabama man who likely caught the germ from a lone ...

Recurring fever? Consider soft tick relapsing fever (STRF), a Borrelia bacteria infection transmitted to humans by way of soft-bodied ticks that, while rare, has been seen across western and ...

It started with a fever in October 2021. The patient, an adult man in the San Francisco area, suffered through night sweats and nausea for a day before his symptoms resolved. He felt better — until ...

Plus–minus values are means ±SD. To convert the values for bilirubin to micromoles per liter, multiply by 17.1. ALT denotes alanine aminotransferase, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, ...

IN this account of the Serbian epidemics of typhus and relapsing fever in 1915, Col. William Hunter makes a very interesting and valuable contribution to the medical literature of the war. The Serbian ...