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DUTTONS RELAPSING FEVER [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

An African tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttonii and spread by the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

À Madagascar, la première description de FR [fièvre récurrente] à B. duttoni date de 1911. Une étude,faite en 1989, ne trouve plus aucune mention de la maladie : les ornithodores semblent avoir disparu de la Grande île.

OBS

La fièvre récurrente à tique (FRT) à réservoir humain (Borrelia duttoni) sévit en Afrique tropicale [...] Le vecteur, Ornithodoros moubata, vit dans le sol et les crevasses des huttes; durant la nuit, il se gorge sur les personnes dormant au ras du sol.

Spanish

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