TY - JOUR AU - Lucchini, Anna AU - Lipani, Filippo AU - Costa, Cecilia AU - Scarvaglieri, Mariaelisabetta AU - Balbiano, Rosanna AU - Carosella, Sinibaldo AU - Calcagno, Andrea AU - Audagnotto, Sabrina AU - Barbui, Anna Maria AU - Brossa, Silvia AU - Ghisetti, Valeria AU - Dal Conte, Ivano AU - Caramello, Pietro AU - Di Perri, Giovanni T1 - Louseborne Relapsing Fever among East African Refugees, Italy, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 298 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During June 9–September 30, 2015, five cases of louseborne relapsing fever were identified in Turin, Italy. All 5 cases were in young refugees from Somalia, 2 of whom had lived in Italy since 2011. Our report seems to confirm the possibility of local transmission of louse-borne relapsing fever. KW - Relapsing fever KW - Borrelia recurrentis KW - Italy KW - refugees KW - East Africa KW - lice KW - vector-borne infections KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2202.151768 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/15-1768_article ER - End of Reference