Tag: Lice
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Borrelia
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Borrelia are responsible for borreliosis, usually called recurrent fevers. These are diseases transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. According to the arthropod vector is conventionally divided into two groups of borreliosis: – The borreliosis transmitted by lice, – The tick-borne borreliosis. This bacterial genus experiencing a revival since the isolation of B. burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme…
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Lice (pediculosis)
The pediculosis are benign and contagious parasitic diseases due to three species of lice specific to humans: head lice, body lice and pubic lice. Person transmission is by direct and indirect contact. Body lice are potential vectors of relapsing fever, typhus and trench fever. Clinical signs: – Head lice mainly affect children: itching and scratch…
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