Relapsing Fever: Orniteodoros parkeri a Vector in California

Abstract
O. parkeri has been collected in 8 counties in California, viz., Merced, Kern, Fresno, Stanislaus, Butte, Yuba, Placer, and Alameda. Strains of spirochetes recovered produce relapses in white mice and guinea pigs. A case of relapsing fever contracted in Stanislaus County is the first definitely attributable to O. parkeri.

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