A 30-year-old man in South Sudan presents with relapsing fever - episodes of high fever lasting 3-5 days alternating with afebrile periods. Thick bloo...

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A 30-year-old man in South Sudan presents with relapsing fever - episodes of high fever lasting 3-5 days alternating with afebrile periods. Thick blood film taken during a febrile episode shows spirochaetes. He lives in overcrowded conditions with poor hygiene. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Louse-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia recurrentis

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Malaria

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Tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttonii

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Typhoid fever

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Brucellosis

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Louse-borne Relapsing Fever

A 30-year-old man in South Sudan presents with relapsing fever - episodes of high fever lasting 3-5 days alternating with afebrile periods. Thick blood film taken during a febrile episode shows spirochaetes. He lives in overcrowded conditions with poor hygiene. What is the most likely diagnosis?