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Relapsing fever has been described since the days of Hippocrates in ancient Greeks.After an outbreak in Edinburgh during 1843-8, relapsing fever was given its name. The association between the bite of soft ticks and relapsing fever was made by David Livingstone in 1857.The association between spirochetes and the development of relapsing fever first described by Otto Obermeier in 1873The transmission of relapsing fever through tick bite discovered by Münch in 1874.

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  • Relapsing fever has been described since the days of Hippocrates in ancient Greeks.
  • After an outbreak in Edinburgh during 1843-8, relapsing fever was given its name
  • The association between the bite of soft ticks and relapsing fever was made by David Livingstone in 1857.
  • The association between spirochetes and the development of relapsing fever first described by Otto Obermeier in 1873
  • The transmission of relapsing fever through tick bite discovered by Münch in 1874.

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