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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 60(5), 1999, pp. 738-739
Copyright © 1999 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 60, Issue 5, 738-739
Copyright © 1999 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Short report: Diagnosis of tick-borne relapsing fever by the quantitative buffy coat fluorescence method

G Chatel, M Gulletta, A Matteelli, A Marangoni, L Signorini, O Oladeji, and S Caligaris

The quantitative buffy coat (QBC) parasite detection method is a sensitive and specific tool for the diagnosis of malaria parasites. It is also useful for the diagnoses of other hemoparasites, including Trypanosoma, Babesia, and Leptospira. We report a case of relapsing fever diagnosed by this technique in a short-term traveler from Senegal. The diagnosis was confirmed by the standard Giemsa hemoscopy and by the identification of significant titers of antibodies to Borrelia spp. of tick-borne relapsing fevers by specific immunofluorescence and Western blot tests. The QBC technique seems to be useful in the diagnosis of tick-borne relapsing fever in blood samples and should be included in the management of fever in the traveler returning from tropical regions.


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