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Relapsing fever risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Risk factors of TBRF: Sleeping in caves, wood cabins, or earthen floored huts in areas, Risk factors of LBRF: Poor personal hygiene, overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Risk factors of TBRF:
Sleeping in caves, wood cabins, or earthen floored huts in areas
Risk factors of LBRF:
Poor personal hygiene, overcrowding like in military camps, prisons, street children sleeping areas, civilian population disrupted by war and other disasters.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Yimer M, Abera B, Mulu W, Bezabih B, Mohammed J (September 2014). “Prevalence and risk factors of louse-borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia”. BMC Res Notes. 7: 615. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-615. PMC 4175284. PMID 25196787.
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