What is Relapsing fever?

What is Relapsing fever?

• Relapsing fever: Tick-borne disease with symptoms that resolve and then relapse.
• Relapsing fever: An acute infection characterized by recurrent episodes of PYREXIA alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition is caused by SPIROCHETES of the genus BORRELIA. It is transmitted by the BITES of either the body louse (PEDICULUS humanus corporis), for which humans are the reservoir, or by soft ticks of the genus ORNITHODOROS, for which rodents and other animals are the principal reservoirs.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Relapsing fever: marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Name and Aliases of Relapsing fever

Main name of condition: Relapsing fever

Borrelia duttoni, Borrelia recurrentis Source - Diseases Database

Recurrent fever
Source - WordNet 2.1

Types of Relapsing fever:

Subtypes of Relapsing fever: Louse-borne relapsing fever, Tick-borne relapsing fever
Parent types of Relapsing fever: Tick-borne diseases, Bacterial diseases, Diseases contagious from contaminated water

How serious is Relapsing fever?

Complications of Relapsing fever: see complications of Relapsing fever

What causes Relapsing fever?

Cause of Relapsing fever: Borrelia spirochaete bacterial
Class of Condition for Relapsing fever: bacterial
Causes of Relapsing fever: see causes of Relapsing fever
Risk factors for Relapsing fever: see risk factors for Relapsing fever

How is it treated?

Treatments for Relapsing fever: see treatments for Relapsing fever
Research for Relapsing fever: see research for Relapsing fever

Society issues for Relapsing fever

Hospitalization statistics for Relapsing fever: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Relapsing fever:

• 0% (2) of hospital consultant episodes were for relapsing fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for relapsing fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for relapsing fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for relapsing fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for relapsing fevers were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% (4) of hospital bed days were for relapsing fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)