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Libya research

Published infectious-disease research classified with a high-confidence geographic relationship to Libya.

Published evidence: 1
Diseases: 1
Countries: 7
Topics: 3

Evidence stream

Published literature

1 publication

Peer reviewedOpen accessRelapsing feverTreatment Travel medicine Climate and environment

DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2015.20.42.30046 ↗

Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) diagnosed in 15 refugees from northeast Africa: epidemiology and preventive control measures, Bavaria, Germany, July to October 2015

Martin Hoch, Andreas Wieser, Thomas Löscher +13 more

EurosurveillanceOct 22, 2015

Open article ↗Relapsing fever surveillance →

Type: Journal article
Scope: Germany, Somalia, Eritrea

Why it matters nowThe report highlights the need for clinicians caring for refugees traversing north Africa to recognise louse-borne relapsing fever, in order to provide timely treatment and apply preventive measures.