Causative agent of relapsing fever is?: (A) Borrelia recurrentis, (B) Bordetella pertussis, (C) Bacillus anthracis, (D) Bartonella henselae
Answer is A. ANSWER: (A) Borrelia recurrentisREF: Jawetz 24th ed chapter 25, Medical entomology for students by 4th edition Page 220 See details of TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER in Community Medicine December 2010Epidemic relapsing feverLouseBorrelia recurrentisEndemic relapsing feverSoft tick (genus Ornithodoros)Borrelia duttoni Borrelia hermsii Borrelia parkeri Borrelia turicatae