Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne relapsing fever – USA: (TX) cave workers, 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne relapsing fever – USA: (TX) cave workers, 2017

Tick-borne disease -- United StatesCampbell SB, et al. Evaluating the risk of tickborne relapsing fever among occupational cavers -- Austin, TX, 2017. Presented at: Epidemic Intelligence Service conference; 16-19 Apr 2018; Atlanta.[Byline: Gerard Gallagher]--Communicated by:ProMED-mail[Relapsing fever is a bacterial infection caused by certain species of the spirochete _Borrelia_. These organisms are able to periodically change their surface protein molecules to evade the host's immune response, Read more [...]