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Rare Disease

louse-borne relapsing fever

MONDO:0001620

Also known as:Relapsing fever, louse-borne

Overview

An infection that is caused by certain species of Rickettsia or Borrelia, which are transmitted to humans from infected lice; it is characterized by sudden fever, chills, headaches, myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, and possibly a rash. Symptoms usually persist for two to nine days, then disappear, with recurrence after several weeks if the patient remains untreated.

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for louse-borne relapsing fever.

11 publications have been identified in PubMed for louse-borne relapsing fever. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (27%), Basic Science / Preclinical (27%), and Epidemiology / Natural History (27%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	3	27%
Laboratory research	3

Data assembled from 2 of 12 sources · Last updated Oct 8, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC

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