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Louse and tick borne relapsing fevers
Joint Authors
al-Bahnasawi, Mamduh M.
Labib, Narjis Albirt
Abd al-Fattah, Majidah Abd al-Hamid
Ibrahim, Abir Muhammad Abd Allah
Mursi, Tusun Ali
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 42, Issue 3 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.625-638, 14 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2012-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Relapsing fever, caused by spirochaetes belonging to the genus Borrelia, was once the cause of worldwide epidemic zoonotic disease.
This was largely through infection with the louse-borne form of the disease, caused by Borrelia recurrentis [louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF)].
Another form of replasing fever is caused by Borrelia duttonii [(tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF)].
The introduction and the wide use of DDT in the last century, which is forbidden now, the incidence and prevalence of both LBRF and TBRF markedly decreased.
However, with the increase of rapid transportation, crowdedness and poverty, as well as abundance of lice and ticks, replasing fever is still endemic to some countries.
Besides, with the appearance of others closely related Borrelia species that begins to emerge, the threat or the burden of these arthropod-borne zoonotic may be unpredicted or underestimated.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Bahnasawi, Mamduh M.& Labib, Narjis Albirt& Abd al-Fattah, Majidah Abd al-Hamid& Ibrahim, Abir Muhammad Abd Allah& Mursi, Tusun Ali. 2012. Louse and tick borne relapsing fevers. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 42, no. 3, pp.625-638.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Bahnasawi, Mamduh M.…[et al.]. Louse and tick borne relapsing fevers. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 42, no. 3 (Dec. 2012), pp.625-638.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Bahnasawi, Mamduh M.& Labib, Narjis Albirt& Abd al-Fattah, Majidah Abd al-Hamid& Ibrahim, Abir Muhammad Abd Allah& Mursi, Tusun Ali. Louse and tick borne relapsing fevers. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2012. Vol. 42, no. 3, pp.625-638.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-347157
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 634-638
Record ID
BIM-347157