Talk:Relapsing fever

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 07:58, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Merge with Lyme disease?
I'm withdrawing my earlier suggestion to merge Relapsing Fever with Lyme disease. Unlike I thought before, they turn out to be two distinct diseases. I cannot seem to find out what the difference is, though. &mdash;Herbee 16:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


 * They are related, as they both result from infection with spirochetes from the genus Borrelia, giving them some shared features (eg. antigenic variation as an immune evasion mechanism). However these are different Borrelia species transmitted by different tick vectors - Lyme is transmitted by hard Ixodes ticks, and tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is transmitted by soft Ornithodoros ticks.  (There is yet another relapsing fever species transmitted by body lice.)  Symptoms also differ to some extent, with cycles of fever and chills occurring in relapsing fever.  You'll find a detailed comparison of Lyme and TBRF here. --Bapb 18:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Additions/revisions Assigned for Disease Ecology Class
I have selected this article to edit as a part of my assignment for Virginia Tech's FIW: 3414: Disease Ecology course. I would like to add citations for a few facts presented that currently lack any sources to back them up. I would also like to add a bit of additional information to the "History" section, and may have some things to add to the "Diagnosis," "Treatment," and "Tick-borne relapsing fever" sections.

Below is a list of sources I will use to construct my additions to this article:

Cutler S. Relapsing fever – a forgotten disease revealed. Journal Of Applied Microbiology [serial online]. April 2010;108(4):1115-1122. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016.

Hussein H, Showler A, Tan D. Tick-borne relapsing fever in pregnancy. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal [serial online]. February 4, 2014;186(2):131-134. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016.

Cutler S. Possibilities for Relapsing Fever Reemergence. Emerging Infectious Diseases [serial online]. March 2006;12(3):369-374. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016.

Preemption of Tickborne Relapsing Fever (TBRF). Clinical Infectious Diseases [serial online]. February 2007;44(3):vi. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016.

(It also affects domestic dogs): Piccione J, Levine G, Duff C, Kuhlman G, Scott K, Esteve-Gassent M. Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Dogs. Journal Of Veterinary Internal Medicine [serial online]. July 2016;30(4):1222-1228. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016.

Doxycycline prophylaxis effective in tick-borne relapsing fever. Inpharma Weekly [serial online]. July 22, 2006;(1547):12. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 5, 2016. Alexg8 (talk)

Hard tick-borne relapsing fever
I separated TBRF into relapsing fever caused by hard and soft ticks. It could probably use some more attention. ScienceFlyer (talk) 00:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC)