"Relapsing Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
| Descriptor ID |
D012061
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.155.644 C01.252.400.825.750 C01.252.847.193.644
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| Concept/Terms |
Relapsing Fever- Relapsing Fever
- Fever, Relapsing
- Fevers, Relapsing
- Relapsing Fevers
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Tick-borne relapsing fever in the Pacific Northwest: an underdiagnosed illness? West J Med. 1980 Sep; 133(3):203-9.