Tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a zoonosis caused by various Borrelia species
transmitted to humans by both soft-bodied and (more recently recognized) hard-bodied ticks …

Lyme borreliosis (or Lyme disease) has become a virtual household term to the exclusion of
other forgotten, emerging or re-emerging borreliae. We review current knowledge regarding …

Background Relapsing fever is the most frequent bacterial disease in Africa. Four main
vector/pathogen complexes are classically recognized, with the louse Pediculus humanus …

Borrelial relapsing fever was once a major worldwide epidemic disease that made a
significant impact on Livingstone during his epic travels through Africa and throughout …

Detecting spirochetes remains challenging in cases of African tick-borne relapsing fever.
Using real-time PCR specific for the 16S rRNA Borrelia gene, we found 27 (13%) of 206 …

Tick-borne relapsing fever is a bacterial infection caused by spirochetes of the genus
Borrelia. This zoonotic disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of soft ticks of the …

Relapsing fever, caused by spirochaetes belonging to the genus Borrelia, was once the
cause of worldwide epidemic disease. This was largely through infection with the louse …

Tick-borne relapsing fever group (RFG) borreliosis remains neglected as a human disease
and little is known on its maintenance in ticks and vertebrates, especially in South America …

Relapsing fever Borrelia infections have attracted little attention in recent years; however,
where endemic, these infections still result in considerable illness and death. Despite the …

Given the prevalence of relapsing fever (RF) in Senegal, this disease may cause illness and
death in other areas of West Africa. We performed a cross-sectional, clinic-based study to …