Shorty after returning from a trip to several continents, a young man experiences episodes of fever, chills, muscle aches, and h
eadache that recur at irregular intervals. the young man reports carrying only a large backpack and commonly staying in the hostels along the way while traveling. Which of the following disease is he likely to have? a) anaplasmosis
b) scrub typhus
c) louse-bourne relapsing fever
d) lyme disease
e) yaws
Louse-bourne relapsing fever is a disease which is characterised by having the muscle aches and the episodes of fever.
The disease is a vector-borne disease in which the pathogen spirochete <em>Borrelia recurrentis</em> which lives in the gut of the body louse- <em>Pediculus humanus humanus </em>completes its life cycle and when body louse is crushed gets released on to the human skin and thus penetrates the humans. The disease could prove fatal if no treatment is provided at the right time.
LBRF is a very common vector borne disease. This infection spreads by the spirochaete Borrelia recurrentis, which is transmitted by the body louse named Pediculus humanus humanus.
The person who travels alot and stays at different place which is not hygienic have chances to get suffer by this disease.
The main prevention which can be taken is to avoid the infestation of the body with lice.
The main symptoms are fever, chills and headache at regular intervals.
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