Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) diagnosed in 15 refugees from northeast Africa: Epidemiology and preventive control measures, Bavaria, Germany, July to October 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 42, 2015, Pages

  Hoch, M ^a   Wieser, A ^b   Loscher T ^b   Margos, G ^a   Purner F ^a   Zuhl J ^c   Seilmaier, M ^d   Balzer, L ^d   Guggemos, W ^d   Rack Hoch, A ^e   von Both, U ^e   Hauptvogel, K ^f   Schonberger K ^a   Hautmann, W ^a   Sing, A ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^a  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority LGL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Public Health Authority   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Klinikum Rosenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRURITUS; TRAVEL; BLOOD; BORRELIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICE INFESTATIONS; REFUGEE; RELAPSING FEVER; SOMALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORRELIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; GERMANY; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; REFUGEES; RELAPSING FEVER; SOMALIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965090922     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.42.30046     Document Type: Article

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