Relapsing Fever in California

Relapsing Fever in Seistan

To the Editor of "The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?During the period February to May of this j'ear 4cases of relapsing fever were admitted to the Seistan Consulate Hospital. Diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic examination of the blood. The clinical description conformed closely to that of the Indian variety of the disease. One patient, however, a strong healthy man 28 years of age, develope...

Relapsing fever in Africa.

Relapsing Fever in Kashmir

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, a Neglected Cause of Fever in Fars Province

Tick-borne relapsing fever is an endemic disease in some parts of Iran. Borellia persica, the most common cause of this disease in Iran, has a wide geographic distribution and is present in Alborz and Zagros mountain chains.Here we report a 16–year-old male patient who presented with two episodes of fever within 15 days. He had a history of few overnight stays in a cave of mountainous area in F...

Tickborne Relapsing Fever in Israel

We evaluated the epidemiology of relapsing fever from 1971 to 2003 in Israel. In civilians, incidence declined from 0.35 to 0.11 cases per 100,000 persons annually; in military personnel it averaged 6.4 cases per 100,000 persons annually. These data imply that the pathogen and vector continue to exist in Israel.