Relapsing fever

Relapsing fever is an infection caused by some bacteria in the genus Borrelia.[1] It is sometimes called typhinia.[2] It is carried and spread by lice and ticks.[3]

Relapsing fever
Classification and external resources
ICD-10A68.
ICD-9087
DiseasesDB1547
eMedicineemerg/590 med/1999
MeSHD012061

The word "relapse" means to come back. The disease is called "relapsing fever" because the symptoms can go away and come back several times until the person is cured.[4]

References

  1. Schwan T (1996). "Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions". Infect Agents Dis. 5 (3): 167–81. PMID 8805079.
  2. "Stedman's Medical Dictionary entry for "typhinia"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  3. Schwan T, Piesman J (2002). "Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes associated with transmission by ticks". Emerg Infect Dis. 8 (2): 115–21. doi:10.3201/eid0802.010198. PMC 2732444. PMID 11897061.
  4. Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. 2004. pp. 432–4. ISBN 0838585299.