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Relapsing fever

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This page is about clinical aspects of the disease.  For microbiologic aspects of the causative organism(s), see Borrelia.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:Roghayeh Marandi

Synonyms and keywords: Tick-borne relapsing fever, louse-borne relapsing fever;Recurrent fever; Recurrent fever due to Borrelia; Relapsing fever due to Borrelia, RF: Relapsing fever, TBRF: Tick-borne relapsing fever, LBRF: Louse-borne relapsing fever, VMP: Variable membrane proteins


Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Case Studies

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