Postexposure prophylaxis of tick-borne relapsing fever: Lessons learned from recent outbreaks in Israel

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 791-797

  Moran Gilad, Jacob ^a   Levine, Hagai ^a,b   Schwartz, Eli ^c   Bartal, Carmi ^d   Huerta Hartal, Michael ^a   Schwaber, Mitchell J ^a   Ostfeld, Ishay ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Military; Policy; Prevention; Prophylaxis; Relapsing fever; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REHYDRATION; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE RELAPSING FEVER; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RELAPSING FEVER; TICK; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BORRELIA; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RELAPSING FEVER; TICK BITES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 84887491554     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1347     Document Type: Article

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