Postexposure treatment with doxycycline for the prevention of tick-borne relapsing fever.

Hasin, Tal

Postexposure treatment with doxycycline for the prevention of tick-borne relapsing fever. [electronic resource] - The New England journal of medicine Jul 2006 - 148-55 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1533-4406

10.1056/NEJMoa053884 doi


Adult
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Antibodies, Bacterial--blood
Bacterial Proteins--genetics
Bites and Stings
Borrelia--genetics
Double-Blind Method
Doxycycline--therapeutic use
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases--genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Relapsing Fever--diagnosis
Ticks