Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 110-114

  Antinori, Spinello ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^b   Corbellino, Mario ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia recurrentis; East Africa; Louse borne relapsing fever; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYLUM SEEKER; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAST AFRICAN; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; LOUSE; MIGRANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PEDICULUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BORRELIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PEDICULUS; REFUGEES; RELAPSING FEVER;

EID: 84957895136     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.01.004     Document Type: Review

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