Infection
Volume 45, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 373-376

Louse-borne relapsing fever in a refugee from Mali (Article)

Grecchi C.* , Zanotti P. , Pontarelli A. , Chiari E. , Tomasoni L.R. , Gulletta M. , Barbui A. , Caligaris S. , Matteelli A. , Castelli F.
  • a University Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • b University Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • c Infectious Diseases and Viral Hepatitis Unit, Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
  • d University Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • e SSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • f SSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • g SC Microbiology and Virology U, AOU CDSS Molinette Hospital, Turin, Italy
  • h SSVD of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • i University Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  • j University Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and Brescia Spedali Civili General Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Abstract

Introduction: Due to the increasing number of refugees from East Africa, louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) has become an emergent disease in Europe. No single case of LBRF has been reported in Europe in refugees from other parts of Africa. Case report: We report a case of LBRF in a refugee from Mali, likely acquired in Libya, where several migration routes into Europe meet. The disease must be considered in any febrile refugee regardless the country of origin. © 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Author Keywords

Louse-borne recurrentis fever Migrants Pediculus humanus humanus Europe Fever Mali Refugee Borrelia recurrentis Libya

Index Keywords

genetics Pediculus DNA sequence refugee Sequence Analysis, DNA asthenia physiology human Borrelia recurrentis Refugees Relapsing Fever bacterial DNA Borrelia bacterium identification louse borne relapsing fever Animals Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya doxycycline permethrin animal nucleotide sequence skin defect Young Adult DNA, Bacterial Humans Pediculus humanus capitis Treatment Outcome headache male case report Borrelia infection ceftriaxone isolation and purification Article adult fever antibiotic therapy migration Amikacin microbiology pediculosis capitis Italy antiinfective agent Anti-Bacterial Agents RNA, Ribosomal, 16S RNA 16S borrelia burgdorferi Mali
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011536608&doi=10.1007%2fs15010-017-0987-2&partnerID=40&md5=82c8fb06aab0b57034e4a53249b02dd0
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-017-0987-2
ISSN: 03008126
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English