BACKGROUND It is not uncommon that a child with a febrile illness of unknown etiology is admitted to the hospital. When the complete blood count reveals a pancytopenia, the diagnostic process can be a real challenge. CASE PRESENTATION A 13-year girl of Arab-Berber descent presented with abdominal pain and fever after a holiday in northwestern Morocco. A complete blood count revealed a pancyto...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) during the last 50 years, once like malaria an endemic disease in Sengerema, Tanzania. DESIGN By analyzing the annual reports, focusing on the number of admissions, maternal deaths, blood smears of patients with fever for Borrelia. SETTING Sengerema district, Tanzania. SUBJECT Admissions in Sengerema Hospital due to TBR...

BACKGROUND The ongoing drought in sub-Saharan countries has led to the colonisation of west African Savanna by Ornithodoros sonrai; this tick acts as a vector for Borrelia crocidurae, which causes tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF). Our aim was to ascertain the incidence of TBRF in west Africa. METHODS From 1990 to 2003, we monitored the incidence of TBRF in Dielmo, Senegal, by daily clinical ...

distant resemblances to yellow fever, to icterohsemorrhagic jaundice and to the relapsing fevers; to its proved Acdes (Stegomyia) transmission (Cleland, Bradley and McDonald, 1916; and Chandler and Rice, 1923) and possible Calex transmission (Graham, 1903; Craig, 1907); to the very considerable volume of experimental work upon the virus of dengue attended with negative results,?which might be c...