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Top: Health: Conditions_and_Diseases: Infectious_Diseases: Spirochetal: Relapsing_Fever

An acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The fevers spontaneously abate and then recur. The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) is the main vector. A less severe form is transmitted by soft ticks of the genus Ornithodorus.

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