Diagnosis of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever despite Negative Microscopy in Two Asylum Seekers from Eastern Africa

We report two cases of louse-borne relapsing fever observed at our Institution in June 2016. Both patients were young asylum seekers from Africa who had recently arrived in Milan, Italy. Notably, direct microscopic examination of peripheral blood smears was repeatedly negative for the presence of sp...

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Vydáno v:Am J Trop Med Hyg
Hlavní autoři: Antinori, Spinello, Tonello, Cristina, Edouard, Sophie, Parravicini, Carlo, Gastaldi, Daniela, Grande, Romualdo, Milazzo, Laura, Ricaboni, Davide, Fenollar, Florence, Raoult, Didier, Corbellino, Mario, Mediannikov, Oleg
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Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805056/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29016302
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0320
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