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Rapid Risk Assessment: Louse-borne relapsing fever in the EU, 19 November 2015
This rapid risk assessment assesses the public health significance of reported cases of louse-borne relapsing fever in the EU.
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Communicable disease threats report, Week 31, 26 July - 1 August 2015
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 July - 1 August 2015, and includes updates on anthrax, cutaneous diphtheria, louse-born relapsing fever, West Nile fever, measles, rubella and Ebola virus.
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Rapid risk assessment: Louse-borne relapsing fever in the Netherlands, 27 July 2015
Following reports from the Netherlands of two cases of louse-borne relapsing fever in asylum seekers coming from Eritrea, ECDC has assessed the risk to Europe.
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Combatting vector-borne diseases in Europe: EFSA and ECDC
Vectors are organisms such as mosquitoes, ticks, midges and sandflies which can transmit pathogens to animals or people.
Facts about louse-borne relapsing fever
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is a vector-borne disease transmitted by the body louse Pediculus humanus humanus. The disease can be severe. Currently the disease is primarily found in north-eastern Africa.
Facts about epidemic louse-borne typhus
Louse-borne typhus is responsible for large epidemics in populations with poor sanitary and overcrowded conditions. The disease can be severe with a mortality of up to 60% without antibiotic treatment.
Facts about Bartonella quintana infection (‘trench fever’)
Bartonella quintana infection (historically called ‘trench fever’) is a vector-borne disease primarily transmitted by the human body louse. It has been recognised as a reemerging pathogen among impoverished and homeless populations — so-called ‘urban trench fever’.