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*[[Tick-borne relapsing fever|Tick-borne Relapsing Fever = Endemic Relapsing Fever]] | *[[Tick-borne relapsing fever|Tick-borne Relapsing Fever = Endemic Relapsing Fever]] | ||
**Sporadic cases | **Sporadic cases | ||
**Transmitted by soft ticks | |||
*Louse-borne Relapsing Fever = Epidemic Relapsing Fever | *Louse-borne Relapsing Fever = Epidemic Relapsing Fever | ||
**Transmitted person-to-person by the human body [[lice]] (vectors) from an infected human reservoir | **Transmitted person-to-person by the human body [[lice]] (vectors) from an infected human reservoir | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
There are two major forms of relapsing fever: endemic tick-borne and epidemic louse-borne. TBRF is transmitted by the soft body ticks (vectors) from a small mammal reservoir and maybe endemic or sporadic. LBRF is transmitted person-to-person by human body lice (vectors) from an infected human reservoir.
Classification
There are two forms of relapsing fever:
- Tick-borne Relapsing Fever = Endemic Relapsing Fever
- Sporadic cases
- Transmitted by soft ticks
- Louse-borne Relapsing Fever = Epidemic Relapsing Fever
- Transmitted person-to-person by the human body lice (vectors) from an infected human reservoir