Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?

Spinello Antinori; Oleg Mediannikov; Mario Corbellino; Romualdo Grande; Carlo Parravicini; Giovanna Bestetti; Erika Longhi; Davide Ricaboni; Cyrille Bilé Ehounoud; Florence Fenollar; Didier Raoult; Sara Giordana Rimoldi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004522

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Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?

Spinello Antinori ,

* E-mail: spinello.antinori@unimi.it

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Luigi Sacco, University of Milano, Milano, Italy, III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Oleg Mediannikov,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur le Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITIE) IRD198, CNRS 7278, INSERM 1095, Institute Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Mediterranee-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Mario Corbellino,

Affiliation III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Romualdo Grande,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Services, Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnostics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Carlo Parravicini,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Services Pathology Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Giovanna Bestetti,

Affiliation III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Erika Longhi,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Services Pathology Unit, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Davide Ricaboni,

Affiliation III Division of Infectious Diseases, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Cyrille Bilé Ehounoud,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur le Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITIE) IRD198, CNRS 7278, INSERM 1095, Institute Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Mediterranee-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Florence Fenollar,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur le Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITIE) IRD198, CNRS 7278, INSERM 1095, Institute Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Mediterranee-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Didier Raoult,

Affiliation Unité de Recherche sur le Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITIE) IRD198, CNRS 7278, INSERM 1095, Institute Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Mediterranee-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Sara Giordana Rimoldi

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Services, Clinical Microbiology, Virology and Bioemergence Diagnostics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy
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Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in a Somali Refugee Arriving in Italy: A Re-emerging Infection in Europe?

Spinello Antinori,
Oleg Mediannikov,
Mario Corbellino,
Romualdo Grande,
Carlo Parravicini,
Giovanna Bestetti,
Erika Longhi,
Davide Ricaboni,
Cyrille Bilé Ehounoud,
Florence Fenollar

Published: May 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004522

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