Clinical Profile & Mortality of Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever Among Patients Seen at Zewditu Memorial Hospital and Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital from July 2022 To July 2023 -Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Retrospective Chart Review
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2024-01-13
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Addis Ababa University
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Relapsing fever is a vector-born acute recurrent febrile illness caused by Borrelia recurrentis. LBRF is an important re-emerging disease that remains a significant public health concern globally but is currently prevalent in developing countries like the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan, however, there is limited research on relapsing fever, therefore, it is to assess the clinical profile, and mortality rate in patients with relapsing fever in Addis Ababa.
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Louse-borne relapsing fever, Mortality, TASH, Addis Ababa, ZMH