Infections: News and Research on Relapsing Fever

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How a louse-borne pathogen evades the immune system

Louse-borne relapsing fever is caused by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia recurrentis, which is transmitted by body lice (not head lice). The disease was first described by Hippocrates (460–370 B.C.). Initial symptoms include ...