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'''Relapsing fever''' is an infection caused by | '''Relapsing fever''' is an bacterial infection caused by several species of spirochete bacteria in the ''[[Borrelia]]'' family.<ref name=Schwan_1996>{{cite journal |author=Schwan T |title=Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions |journal=Infect Agents Dis |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=167-81 |year=1996 |pmid=8805079}}</ref> It is a [[vector (biology)|vector-borne disease]] that is transmitted through louse or soft-bodied tick bites.<ref name=Schwan_2002>{{cite journal | author=Schwan T, Piesman J | title=Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes associated with transmission by ticks. | journal=Emerg Infect Dis | volume=8 | issue=2 | pages=115-21 | year=2002 | url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no2/01-0198.htm |id=PMID 11897061 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Relapsing fever is an bacterial infection caused by several species of spirochete bacteria in the Borrelia family.[1] It is a vector-borne disease that is transmitted through louse or soft-bodied tick bites.[2]
References
- ↑ Schwan T (1996). "Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions". Infect Agents Dis. 5 (3): 167–81. PMID 8805079.
- ↑ Schwan T, Piesman J (2002). "Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes associated with transmission by ticks". Emerg Infect Dis. 8 (2): 115–21. PMID 11897061.