Relapsing fever - A forgotten disease revealed

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1115-1122

  Cutler, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Louse borne relapsing fever; Relapsing fever Borrelia; Spirochaete; Tick borne relapsing fever

Indexed keywords

% REDUCTIONS; BODY LICE; BORRELIA; EPIDEMIC DISEASE; LIVINGSTONES; LOUSE-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER; RELAPSING FEVER BORRELIA; SPIROCHETE; STANDARD OF LIVING; TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHILD MORTALITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; LIFE CYCLE; LIVING STANDARD; LOUSE; MORBIDITY; TICK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BAT; BIRD; BORRELIA INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; RODENT; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; SQUIRREL; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SCOTLAND; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; IXODIDA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SPIROCHAETA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949386170     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04598.x     Document Type: Review

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