Relapsing fever is an infection caused by certain bacteria in the genus Borrelia. It is a vector-borne disease that is transmitted through louse or soft-bodied tick bites. It is not spread from animals or person-to-person. Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is found in Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Asia, and certain areas in the western US and Canada. Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) occurs in epidemics amid poor living conditions, famine and war in the developing world; it is currently prevalent in Ethiopia and Sudan.

Most people who are infected get sick around 5-15 days after they are bitten by the tick. The symptoms may include a sudden fever, chills, headaches, and muscle or joint aches, and nausea; a rash may also occur. These symptoms continue for 2-9 days, then disappear. This cycle may continue for several weeks if the person is not treated. Relapsing Fever is easily treated with 1-2 weeks of antibiotics. Most people improve within 24 hours of starting antibiotics. Complications and death due to Relapsing Fever are rare.

Relapsing fever is a candidate etiology for a mysterious series of plagues in late medieval and early renaissance-era England referred to at the time as Sweating_Sickness but which have not recurred in epidemic form since the 16th Century.

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@bengoldacre Only "notifiable diseases" stop you doing that, man! So watch out for cholera, plague, relapsing fever, smallpox and typhus.
morwoo (Andrew Morwood) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:56:26 -0000
@bengoldacre Only "notifiable diseases" stop you doing that, man! So watch out for cholera, plague, relapsing fever, smallpox and typhus.
Kid appears to be relapsing with the flu three weeks after it went away. Cough, fever, upset stomach... here we go again.
GeekPornGirl (Geek Porn Girl) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:06:26 -0000
Kid appears to be relapsing with the flu three weeks after it went away. Cough, fever, upset stomach... here we go again.

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