Relapsing fever

Relapsing fever
Classification and external resources
ICD-10A68.
ICD-9087
DiseasesDB1547
eMedicineemerg/590 med/1999
MeSHD012061

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

  1. ↑ Schwan T (1996). "Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions". Infect Agents Dis. 5 (3): 167–81. PMID 8805079.
  2. ↑ "Stedman's Medical Dictionary entry for "typhinia"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. 2004. pp. 432–4. ISBN 0838585299.