tick-borne relapsing fever

see also:

• clinically important bacteria
• Lyme disease
• louse-borne relapsing fever

• a variety of relapsing fever type illnesses spread by Borrelia infected ticks (mainly in soft bodied ticks)
• Not to be confused with louse-borne relapsing fever or Lyme disease

• various Borrelia species cause these illnesses:
  • Borrelia crocidurae
  • Borrelia duttoni
  • Borrelia miyamotoi, which is transmitted by Ixodes ticks, was reported as a cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in 2011

• see as for louse-borne relapsing fever