Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Endemic Area, Spain

Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Endemic Area, Spain

Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is caused by spirochetes of Borrelia bacteria. We collected data on all TBRF cases in a TBRF-endemic area in southwest Spain during 1994–2016. We analyzed data from 98 patients in whom TBRF was diagnosed by light microscopy and analyzed the relationship between clim...

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Main Authors: María Carmen Domínguez, Salvador Vergara, María Carmen Gómez, María Esther Roldán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Borrelia hispanica
tickborne relapsing fever
endemic borreliosis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
bacteria
arthropodborne disease
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0745_article

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