in order to study the distribution of argasidae family ticks and the role of o.tholozani in transmitting the relapsing fever agent in rural areas of central province, an investigation was carried out from june to november 1992. in this study, 3371 specimens from 70 villages were collected by simple sampling method technique and subsequently were identified in laboratory. the results showed that...

background: intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an established treatment of immune mediated demyelinating neuropathy including guillain-barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. recent trials suggest its efficacy in treating relapsing- remitting multiple sclerosis. ivig exerts a number of effects, which may be beneficial in treating multiple sclerosis (ms): reductio...

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Genomic sequencing of two relapsing fever spirochaetes showed truncation of recA in Borrelia recurrentis, but not in Borrelia duttonii. RecA has an important role among bacteria; we investigated whether this characteristic was representative of B. recurrentis, or an artefact following in vitro cultivation. We sequenced recA directly from samples of patient with louse-borne relapsing fever (B. r...

background: endemic relapsing fever remains under diagnosed in our area according to a low index of suspicion among clinicians, as well as its difficult diagnosis. the goal of this study was to present the epidemiological aspects of the disease in western iran. methods: in this analytical-descriptive cross-sectional study, the epidemiological and clinical aspects of relapsing fever were investi...