Relapsing fever classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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