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Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?
- Source :
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, 2016, 10 (5), ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0004522⟩, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016, 10 (5), ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0004522⟩, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 5, p e0004522 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- International audience; IntroductionLouse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an acute febrile infection that is typically characterized by one to three fairly regular waves of bacteremia [1,2]. It is caused by Borrelia recurrentis, a motile spirochete that measures 5 to 40 μm in length. The microorganism is transmitted from person to person by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus). Disruptions in sanitation during wartime and mass migrations of people provide conditions that favor the propagation of body lice and thus the occurrence of outbreaks of the disease [1,3]. LBRF is endemic in East Africa (e.g., Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan) with the highest number of cases observed in Ethiopia, where it is the seventh most common cause of hospital admission and the fifth most common cause of death [4,5]. We report here the first case of imported LBRF observed in Lombardy (northern Italy) in a Somali refugee.
- Subjects :
- Male
Bacterial Diseases
relapsing fever
Epidemiology
Louse
Disease Vectors
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Somali
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Geographical Locations
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Antibiotics
Medicine and Health Sciences
Ethnicities
030212 general & internal medicine
Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever
Phylogeny
Refugees
biology
Spirochetes
Antimicrobials
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Relapsing Fever
Drugs
Lice Infestations
3. Good health
Bacterial Pathogens
Insects
Infectious Diseases
Italy
Medical Microbiology
language
Pathogens
Borrelia Infections
Lice
Neglected Tropical Diseases
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Arthropoda
lcsh:RC955-962
Refugee
Somalia
030231 tropical medicine
Somalian people
Libya
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Somalis
biology.animal
Borrelia
Microbial Control
parasitic diseases
Phthiraptera
medicine
Animals
Humans
Microbial Pathogens
Pharmacology
Symposium
Bacteria
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Organisms
Outbreak
Biology and Life Sciences
lcsh:RA1-1270
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Tropical Diseases
Virology
Borrelia Infection
Invertebrates
language.human_language
Insect Vectors
People and Places
Africa
Population Groupings
Borrelia recurrentis
business
Demography
Body Lice
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19352735 and 19352727
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....61488cd5750a4ca30aba270dd1b4c89b