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Tick-borne relapsing fever.
Tick-borne relapsing fever is characterized by recurring fevers separated by afebrile periods and is accompanied by nonspecific constitutional symptoms. It occurs after a patient has been bitten by a tick infected with a Borrelia spirochete. The diagnosis of tick-borne relapsing fever requires an accurate characterization of the fever and a thorough medical, social, and travel history of the pa...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.
سال: 1900
ISSN: 0370-047X
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.7683