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...

Babesiosis is a vector-borne, tick-borne disease of worldwide distribution (Otranto, et al. [1]), caused by protozoa the genus Babesia, infecting both domestic and wild animals (Uilenberg, [2-5]).

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...