Single-dose doxycycline treatment of louse-borne relapsing fever and epidemic typhus

Lancet. 1974 Sep 28;2(7883):742-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)90940-4.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Borrelia / immunology
  • Borrelia / isolation & purification
  • Complement Fixation Tests
  • Doxycycline / administration & dosage*
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Ethiopia
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lice Infestations / complications*
  • Male
  • Relapsing Fever / drug therapy*
  • Relapsing Fever / etiology
  • Relapsing Fever / microbiology
  • Rickettsia prowazekii / immunology
  • Rickettsia prowazekii / isolation & purification
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / drug therapy*
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / etiology
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / microbiology

Substances

  • Doxycycline