Tickborne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jul;17(7):1325-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1707.101894.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthropod Vectors / microbiology
  • Blood Buffy Coat / microbiology
  • Borrelia / drug effects
  • Borrelia / growth & development*
  • Borrelia Infections / blood
  • Borrelia Infections / complications
  • Borrelia Infections / drug therapy
  • Borrelia Infections / physiopathology*
  • Doxycycline / administration & dosage
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ornithodoros / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / analysis
  • Relapsing Fever / blood
  • Relapsing Fever / drug therapy
  • Relapsing Fever / etiology
  • Relapsing Fever / physiopathology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spirochaetales / drug effects
  • Spirochaetales / growth & development*
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Doxycycline