"Relapsing Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
| Descriptor ID |
D012061
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.155.644 C01.252.400.825.750 C01.252.847.193.644
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| Concept/Terms |
Relapsing Fever- Relapsing Fever
- Fever, Relapsing
- Fevers, Relapsing
- Relapsing Fevers
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relapsing Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Laboratory Blood-Based Testing for Non-Lyme Disease Tick-Borne Infections at a National Reference Laboratory. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 01 01; 153(1):139-145.
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Meningitis with cranial polyneuritis and cavernous sinus thrombosis by Borrelia crocidurae: First autochthonous case in Europe. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 May; 82:30-32.
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Case Report and Genetic Sequence Analysis of Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica, Southern Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 09; 24(9):1659-1664.
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Outbreak of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever among Urban Dwellers in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia, from July to November 2016. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 06; 98(6):1599-1602.
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Detection of relapsing fever Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasmataceae bacteria in argasid ticks in Algeria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov; 11(11):e0006064.
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Diagnosis of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever despite Negative Microscopy in Two Asylum Seekers from Eastern Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Dec; 97(6):1669-1672.
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Relapsing fever in young refugees from East Africa. Crit Care. 2017 08 03; 21(1):205.
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Louse-borne relapsing fever in a refugee from Mali. Infection. 2017 Jun; 45(3):373-376.