Tickborne relapsing fever in Israel.
We evaluated the epidemiology of relapsing fever from 1971 to 2003 in Israel. In civilians, incidence declined from 0.35 to 0.11 cases per 100,000 persons annually; in military personnel it averaged 6.4 cases per 100,000 persons annually. These data imply that the pathogen and vector continue to exist in Israel.
Sidi
Gil
G
Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
Davidovitch
Nadav
N
Balicer
Ran D
RD
Anis
Emilia
E
Grotto
Itamar
I
Schwartz
Eli
E
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D026861:Ornithodoros / Q000382:microbiology; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*