Relapsing fever
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| Relapsing fever | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | A68. |
| ICD-9 | 087 |
| DiseasesDB | 1547 |
| eMedicine | emerg/590 med/1999 |
| MeSH | D012061 |
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]
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"
- ↑ 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. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no2/01-0198.htm.
- ↑ Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 432–4. ISBN 0838585299.
