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Case Reports
. 2016 Jan;22(1):152-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151580.

Louseborne Relapsing Fever in Young Migrants, Sicily, Italy, July-September 2015

Alessandra Ciervo, Fabiola Mancini, Francesca di Bernardo, Anna Giammanco, Giustina Vitale, Piera Dones, Teresa Fasciana, Pasquale Quartaro, Giovanni Mazzola, Giovanni Rezza
Case Reports

Louseborne Relapsing Fever in Young Migrants, Sicily, Italy, July-September 2015

Alessandra Ciervo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Borrelia recurrentis; Italy; Libya; Sicily; Somalia; bacteria; body louse; louseborne infections; louseborne relapsing fever; migrants; refugee camps; refugees; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.

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