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Researchers investigate case of soft-tick borne relapsing fever in Austin area

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Department of State Health Services have reported a likely case of soft tick-borne relapsing fever (STRF) in an Austin-area resident. Now, they highlight the growing risk of exposure to infected ticks in urban and residential settings. The stud...

Researchers investigate case of soft-tick borne relapsing fever in Austin area
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Department of State Health Services have reported a likely case of soft tick-borne relapsing fever (STRF) in an Austin-area resident. Now, they highlight the growing risk of exposure to infected ticks in urban and residential settings. The study appeared in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Originally published at Phys.org

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