Relapsing fever in a traveller returning from Senegal
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Meningoencephalitis Complicating Relapsing Fever in Traveler Returning from Senegal
To the Editor: Although tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) may be caused by ≈20 Borrelia species (1), it is rarely diagnosed in travelers returning from the tropics (2). Approximately 20 travel-related cases have been published in the past 25 years, and most of them have been acquired in western Africa (mainly Senegal), where Borrelia crocidurae is the predominant species (3). All reported cases ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201644