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===Risk factors of TBRF:=== | |||
Sleeping in caves, wood cabins or earthen floored huts in areas | Sleeping in caves, wood cabins, or earthen floored huts in areas | ||
===Risk factors of LBRF:=== | |||
Poor personal hygiene, overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.<ref name="pmid25196787">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yimer M, Abera B, Mulu W, Bezabih B, Mohammed J |title=Prevalence and risk factors of louse-borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia |journal=BMC Res Notes |volume=7 |issue= |pages=615 |date=September 2014 |pmid=25196787 |pmc=4175284 |doi=10.1186/1756-0500-7-615 |url=}}</ref> | Poor personal [[hygiene]], overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.<ref name="pmid25196787">{{cite journal |vauthors=Yimer M, Abera B, Mulu W, Bezabih B, Mohammed J |title=Prevalence and risk factors of louse-borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia |journal=BMC Res Notes |volume=7 |issue= |pages=615 |date=September 2014 |pmid=25196787 |pmc=4175284 |doi=10.1186/1756-0500-7-615 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Risk factors of TBRF: Sleeping in caves, wood cabins, or earthen floored huts in areas, Risk factors of LBRF: Poor personal hygiene, overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.
Risk Factors
Risk factors of TBRF:
Sleeping in caves, wood cabins, or earthen floored huts in areas
Risk factors of LBRF:
Poor personal hygiene, overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.[1]
References
- ↑ Yimer M, Abera B, Mulu W, Bezabih B, Mohammed J (September 2014). "Prevalence and risk factors of louse-borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia". BMC Res Notes. 7: 615. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-615. PMC 4175284. PMID 25196787.