Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya

Serological evidence of louse-borne relapsing fever in northern Kenya

Background: Tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever are highly-neglected, vector-borne diseases caused by diverse Borrelia species. Presently, there are no data available on the endemicity of tick- and louse-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Kenya. Here, we present data of a retrospective study on...

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Main Authors: Flavia Reyer, Martyna Olesiuk, Florian Röttgerding, Volker Fingerle, Abdulrahman Adamu, Dan Waithiru, John Njeru, Peter Kraiczy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Neglected infectious disease
Vector-borne zoonosis
Epidemiology
Spirochetes
Borrelia
Borrelia recurrentis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893924000280

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