Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe

Spinello Antinori , Oleg Mediannikov (1) , Mario Corbellino , Didier Raoult (1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes

Louse-borne relapsing fever a neglected and forgotten disease by western physicians has recently re-emerged among East African migrants seeking asylum in Europe. We review here the cases observed so far together with a critical reappraisal of several issues regarding clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses

Spinello Antinori, Oleg Mediannikov, Mario Corbellino, Didier Raoult. Louse-borne relapsing fever among East African refugees in Europe. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016, 14 (2), pp.110-114. ⟨10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.01.004⟩. ⟨hal-01459534⟩