Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Antinori, Spinello ^a   Mediannikov, Oleg ^b   Corbellino, Mario ^a   Grande, Romualdo ^a   Parravicini, Carlo ^a   Bestetti, Giovanna ^a   Longhi, Erika ^a   Ricaboni, Davide ^a   Ehounoud, Cyrille Bilé ^b   Fenollar, Florence ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Rimoldi, Sara Giordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE CAMP; SOMALI (PEOPLE); TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; LOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; REFUGEE; SOMALIA;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHYLOGENY; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971657228     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004522     Document Type: Article

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