borrelia

Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali refugee arriving in Italy: a re-emerging infection in Europe?

Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in asylum seekers from Eritrea, the Netherlands, July 2015.

Borrelia recurrentis infection: single-dose antibiotic regimen and management of the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.

To the Editor: During the early 20th century, at the end of World War I, and during World War II, louseborne relapsing fever (LBRF) caused by Borrelia recurrentis was a major public health problem, especially in eastern Europe and northern Africa (1,2).

The body louse can transmit the following life-threatening forms of bacteria to humans: Rickettsia prowazekii, which causes epidemic typhus; Bartonella quintana, which causes trench fever; and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louseborne relapsing fever (2).

pestis pla gene, the Rickettsia prowazekii ompB gene, a Borrelia recurrentis noncoding genomic fragment, and the Bartonella quintana internal transcribed spacer.

prowazekii), and louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) (1).

prowazekii and relapsing fever due to Borrelia recurrentis are 2 other louse-borne diseases that tend to affect the urban homeless.

Excretion of living Borrelia recurrentis in feces of infected human body lice.

typhi laboratory-infected lice (20), and 10 Borrelia recurrentis laboratory-infected lice (21).