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Relapsing fever: a differential diagnosis to malaria

L W Poulsen1, G Iversen

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Marselisborg Hospital, Aurhus, Denmark.

Summary

A traveler returning from Asia experienced cyclical fevers, initially misdiagnosed as malaria. Diagnosis of Borrelia-induced relapsing fever was confirmed via blood smear and successfully treated with tetracycline.

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