Tickborne Relapsing Fever in Israel

Tickborne Relapsing Fever in Israel

We evaluated the epidemiology of relapsing fever from 1971 to 2003 in Israel. In civilians, incidence declined from 0.35 to 0.11 cases per 100,000 persons annually; in military personnel it averaged 6.4 cases per 100,000 persons annually. These data imply that the pathogen and vector continue to exi...

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Main Authors: Gil Sidi, Nadav Davidovitch, Ran D. Balicer, Emilia Anis, Itamar Grotto, Eli Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
relapsing fever
tickborne infections
caves
Israel
Ornithodoros
epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/11/05-0521_article

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