Relapsing fever in Cape Town. A case report.
A 19-year-old male member of the South African Defence Force presented in Cape Town with fever soon after returning from service in northern South West Africa. The typical clinical features of relapsing fever were confirmed by the finding of spirochaetes on stained blood smears. A case report and short review of a disease which has not been reported previously in Cape Town is presented.
D000328:Adult; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013019:South Africa