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Current Deck: kurul 3::microbiology::spirochetes
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Relapsing Fever
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Louse-borne relapsing fever
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The human body louse has no other host, infected lice live no more than 2 months, and there is no transovarial
passage to progeny.
▪ Borrelia recurrentis is the only species involved.
. This means they can infect another human only if the louse is crushed by scratching and the Borrelia reach a superficial wound or mucosal surface
▪ Borrelia recurrentis is the only species involved.
. This means they can infect another human only if the louse is crushed by scratching and the Borrelia reach a superficial wound or mucosal surface
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