Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 110-114

Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe (Review)

Antinori S.* , Mediannikov O. , Corbellino M. , Raoult D.
  • a Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milano, Italy, III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
  • b Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
  • c Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milano, Italy, III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
  • d Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Abstract

Summary Louse-borne relapsing fever a neglected and forgotten disease by western physicians has recently re-emerged among East African migrants seeking asylum in Europe. We review here the cases observed so far together with a critical reappraisal of several issues regarding clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

East Africa Refugees Borrelia recurrentis Louse-borne relapsing fever

Index Keywords

Pediculus louse refugee transmission physiology Europe clinical feature human Relapsing Fever Refugees Borrelia Neglected Diseases antibiotic agent priority journal pathology Animals nonhuman neglected disease animal asylum seeker Humans migrant Review Africa Borrelia infection epidemic antibiotic therapy microbiology East African Africa, Eastern
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84957895136&doi=10.1016%2fj.tmaid.2016.01.004&partnerID=40&md5=2be325c8a750a368aa692a4babdde715
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.01.004
ISSN: 14778939
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English