Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

(Borrelia hermsii, B. turicata/turicatae, B. parkeri)

Tick-borne relapsing fever is a serious infection, can be caused by a tick bite, and affects humans and animals.

Links on this page labeled "MEDLINE" are links to citations of medical and scientific articles from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE database.

Table of Contents

NIH NLM MEDLINE Medical and Scientific Information on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Basic Information on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Medical or Scientific Articles on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Media Articles on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Testing for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Treatment of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Animals and Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
Resources for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever - other than that caused by B. hermsii, B. turicata, B. parkeri

For other tick-borne diseases, see:
Tick-Borne Diseases Of Humans Other Than Lyme Disease Or "Lyme-like" Disease

For information on Lyme disease, see:
Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease


Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia hermsii, B. turicata/turicatae, B. parkeri)

NIH NLM MEDLINE Medical and Scientific Information on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

MEDLINE - Relapsing fever AND tick OR B. hermsii, turicata, parkeri [Title] - 113 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Relapsing fever AND tick OR B. hermsii, turicata, parkeri - 302 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia hermsii - 149 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia turicata or turicatae - 54 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia parkeri - 27 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Relapsing fever OR B. hermsii, turicata, parkeri AND humans - 178 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Relapsing fever OR B. hermsii, turicata, parkeri AND ticks - 179 on 15 Aug 01



Basic Information on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

LDF: Relapsing Fever
NIH: MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Relapsing fever
Tick Diseases, Relapsing fever, Jonathan Edlow, M.D., FACEP
Relapsing Fever, Neal R. Chamberlain, Kirksville Coll. of Osteopathic Med.
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, Jerome Goddard, PhD, University of Mississippi, 1 Oct 99
The Gaelic Wolf Scouting Pages -- Tick-Borne Illnesses -- Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever



Medical or Scientific Articles on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

Human Borreliosis (Relapsing Fever), J Spiro Tick Diseases 6(1):6-33; 6(2): 45-71, 1999
Human Borreliosis (Relapsing Fever), Oscar Felsenfeld, MSc, MD, JSTD, Spring 1999
Common Source Outbreak of Relapsing Fever -- California, CDC, August 31, 1990

Emedicine Search Results for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever OR... - 2 on 24 Aug 01
Medscape Clinical Full-Text: Tick-borne relapsing fever - 25 on 16 Aug 01



Media Articles on Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

Relapsing Fever Spirochete Switches Surface Proteins When It Changes Hosts, SciDaily, 19 Jun 98
Relapsing Fever Spirochete Switches Surface Proteins When It Changes Hosts, NIH, 18 Jun 98

Medscape News: Tick-borne relapsing fever - 3 on 16 Aug 01



Testing for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

Google Search: intitle:relapsing fever tick test OR testing - 9 of 19 on 17 Aug 01



Treatment of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

MEDLINE - Relapsing fever AND tick OR B. hermsii,... [Title] AND treatment - 15 on 15 Aug 01

Google Search: intitle:relapsing fever tick treatment OR therapy - 34 of 150 on 20 Aug 01



Animals and Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

MEDLINE - Relapsing Fever and tick and animals - 96 on 21 Aug 01

Google Search: intitle:relapsing fever tick animal OR animals - 16 of 20 on 20 Aug 01



Resources for Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever

NIH: Taxonomy browser (Borrelia parkeri)
NIH: Taxonomy browser (Borrelia hermsii)
NIH: Taxonomy browser (Borrelia turicatae)
NIH: Taxonomy browser (Borrelia)

Google Search: tick-borne relapsing fever - 100 of 583 on 20 Aug 01
Google Search: tick-borne relapsing fever human OR humans - 100 of 362 on 20 Aug 01

Google Search: relapsing fever Borrelia hermsii OR... - 100 of 1,960 on 20 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia hermsii - 100 of 556 on 20 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia turicata OR turicatae - 100 of 185 on 20 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia parkeri - 100 of 140 on 20 Aug 01



Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever - other than that caused by B. hermsii, B. turicata/turicatae, B. parkeri

Borrelia crocidurae (African human relapsing fever)
Borrelia duttonii (East African relapsing fever)
Borrelia hispanica
Borrelia persica

Resources for Borrelia relapsing fevers

Borrelia crocidurae (African human relapsing fever)

MEDLINE - Borrelia crocidurae OR African [human] relapsing fever - 35 on 21 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia crocidurae - 22 on 21 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia crocidurae OR African [human] relapsing fever AND ticks - 17 on 21Aug01

Google Search: African [human] relapsing fever - 14 of 19 on 21 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia crocidurae - 53 of 82 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia crocidurae tick OR ticks - 33 of 41 on 15 Aug 01

Borrelia duttonii (East African relapsing fever)

MEDLINE - Borrelia duttonii OR East African relapsing fever - 18 on 21 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia duttonii - 16 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia duttonii OR East African relapsing fever AND humans - 8 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia duttonii OR East African relapsing fever AND ticks - 4 on 15 Aug 01

Google Search: Borrelia duttonii - 100 of 235 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia duttonii human OR humans - 62 of 72 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia duttonii tick OR ticks - 88 of 103 on 15 Aug 01

Borrelia hispanica

MEDLINE - Borrelia hispanica - 4 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia hispanica AND humans - 1 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia hispanica AND ticks - 0 on 15 Aug 01

Google Search: Borrelia hispanica - 50 of 62 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia hispanica human OR humans - 11 of 13 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia hispanica tick OR ticks - 16 of 18 on 15 Aug 01

Borrelia persica

MEDLINE - Borrelia persica - 6 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia persica AND humans - 2 on 15 Aug 01
MEDLINE - Borrelia persica AND ticks - 3 on 15 Aug 01

Google Search: Borrelia persica - 62 of 73 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia persica human OR humans - 21 of 22 on 15 Aug 01
Google Search: Borrelia persica tick OR ticks - 27 of 30 on 15 Aug 01

Resources for Borrelia relapsing fevers

NIH: Taxonomy browser (Borrelia)
Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907, genus, List of bacterial names with standing in nomenclature



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Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia hermsii, B. turicata/turicatae, B. parkeri)
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/tbrf-links.html

For other tick-borne diseases, see:

Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans Other Than Lyme Disease Or "Lyme-like" Disease
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/other-tbd-links.html

For information on Lyme disease see:

Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/lyme-links.html

Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to Art Doherty.

Last updated on 25 August 2001 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net

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