Can someone of higher science (or madhatter mentality) please explain these quotes to me regarding tickborne relapsing fever from the 2 CDC sites below?
My questions:
-How can it be said, "...although TBRF is usually a mild illness, severe sequelae and death can occur..."
(mild, yet deathly, too?)
-If TBRF is "usually a mild illness" then why are you warning a risk for pregnant women:
"The risk for transplacental transmission has been documented and pregnant women might be more susceptible to severe complications such as spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, and perinatal mortality..."
(mild, yet deathly, too?)
-They will use dark field microscopy for this, but not for any other LD?
Even though a recurrent fever & episode syndrome, it must be qualified right away, as in: during "febrile episode and either stained with Wright-Giemsa stain or examined with dark field microscopy."
-If there is "no standard case definition," how can they deny or confirm it?
Notes from the Field: Tickborne Relapsing Fever Outbreak at an Outdoor Education Camp — Arizona, 2014, Weekly, June 19, 2015
CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6423a6.htm?s_cid=mm6423a6_e
Tickborne Relapsing Fever — United States, 1990–2011
Weekly, January 30, 2015: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6403a3.htm
Post Edited (happyjo) : 7/10/2015 4:25:38 PM (GMT-6)