Relapsing fever
primary bacterial infectious disease that results in infection, has material basis in Borrelia, which is transmitted by tick or transmitted by body louse
Relapsing fever is an infection caused by some bacteria in the genus Borrelia.[1] It is sometimes called typhinia.[2] It is carried and spread by lice and ticks.[3]
| Relapsing fever | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | A68. |
| ICD-9 | 087 |
| DiseasesDB | 1547 |
| eMedicine | emerg/590 med/1999 |
| MeSH | D012061 |
The word "relapse" means to come back. The disease is called "relapsing fever" because the symptoms can go away and come back several times until the person is cured.[4]
References
change- ↑ Schwan T (1996). "Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions". Infect Agents Dis. 5 (3): 167–81. PMID 8805079.
- ↑ "Stedman's Medical Dictionary entry for "typhinia"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.3201/eid0802.010198. PMC 2732444. PMID 11897061.
- ↑ Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. 2004. pp. 432–4. ISBN 0838585299.