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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Roghayeh Marandi
Overview
Relapsing fever has been described since the days of Hippocrates in ancient Greeks. however, the term relapsing fever was first used by David Craigie to describe an outbreak of the disease in Edinburgh in 1843. Livingston first described tick-borne relapsing fever in 1857. The association between spirochetes and the development of louse-born relapsing fever first described by Otto Obermeier in 1873 after an outbreak in Berlin (1867–1868). Cook, Ross, Milne, Dutton, Todd, Koch, and others studied TBRF extensively throughout southern and eastern Africa in the early 1900s.In 1904, Ross and Milne, while working in Uganda, showed that TBRF was caused by a spirochete in the bloodstream. The role of the human body louse in the transmission of relapsing fever was reported by MacKie in 1907.
Historical perspective
Discovery
- Relapsing fever has been described since the days of Hippocrates in ancient Greeks. however, the term relapsing fever was first used by David Craigie to describe an outbreak of the disease in Edinburgh in 1843.[1]
- Livingston first described tick-borne relapsing fever in 1857.
- The association between spirochetes and the development of louse-borne relapsing fever first described by Otto Obermeier in 1873 after an outbreak in Berlin (1867–1868).[1]
- Cook, Ross, Milne, Dutton, Todd, Koch, and others studied TBRF extensively throughout southern and eastern Africa in the early 1900s.
- In 1904, Ross and Milne, while working in Uganda, showed that TBRF was caused by a spirochete in the bloodstrem.[2]
- The role of the human body louse in the transmission of relapsing fever was reported by MacKie in 1907.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bryceson AD, Parry EH, Perine PL, Warrell DA, Vukotich D, Leithead CS (January 1970). "Louse-borne relapsing fever". Q. J. Med. 39 (153): 129–70. PMID 4913454.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cutler SJ (March 2006). "Possibilities for [[relapsing fever]] reemergence". Emerging Infect. Dis. 12 (3): 369–74. doi:10.3201/eid1203.050899. PMC 3291445. PMID 16704771. URL–wikilink conflict (help)