Image of the Week for July 14, 2008
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Borrelia Infections (Relapsing Fever)
Borrelia Infections (Relapsing Fever). This image depicts a dorsal view of a female head louse, Pediculus humanus var. capitis. The body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, is the vector of three human pathogens: Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic typhus; Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of relapsing fever; and Bartonella quintana, the agent of trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, chronic bacteremia, and chronic lymphadenopathy.
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