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Two cases of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Lake Tahoe area
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/01/2021 - 12:03am
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - El Dorado County Public Health is reminding residents and visitors to use precautions to prevent Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF), after receiving reports of two cases of the illness in the past two months.
“Both cases of TBRF were reported in individuals who had stayed in cabins in the greater Tahoe area,” said Supervising Public Health Nurse Heather Orchard. “The individuals who became ill have since received treatment and recovered. The illness can be prevented by keeping rodents out of dwellings, not sleeping in any building where there is obvious rodent infestation and taking a few other basic precautions.”
TBRF is a bacterial infection that can cause recurring bouts of fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and nausea. The bacteria are carried by soft ticks that feed on rodents such as squirrels, chipmunks, and mice. The ticks usually live in the nests of the rodents...
Two cases of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in Lake Tahoe area
Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/01/2021 - 12:03am
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - El Dorado County Public Health is reminding residents and visitors to use precautions to prevent Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF), after receiving reports of two cases of the illness in the past two months.
“Both cases of TBRF were reported in individuals who had stayed in cabins in the greater Tahoe area,” said Supervising Public Health Nurse Heather Orchard. “The individuals who became ill have since received treatment and recovered. The illness can be prevented by keeping rodents out of dwellings, not sleeping in any building where there is obvious rodent infestation and taking a few other basic precautions.”
TBRF is a bacterial infection that can cause recurring bouts of fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and nausea. The bacteria are carried by soft ticks that feed on rodents such as squirrels, chipmunks, and mice. The ticks usually live in the nests of the rodents...