BABUDIERI B
Bull World Health Organ. 1957;16(5):911-28.
The author reports on a survey carried out by him in 1954 on relapsing fever in Jordan. In that country the disease is largely tick-borne, the main vector being Ornithodoros tholozani. Some of the frequent cases in the town of Nablus and the village of Marda in West Jordan may, however, be caused by O. coniceps. The centres of infection are some of the numerous caves scattered throughout the hilly areas and certain houses in which chickens are kept.It is believed that the vector ticks could be successfully exterminated by the use of insecticides and by the adoption of certain procedures outlined by the author.Arsenobenzol compounds and penicillin have been shown not to be very effective for the treatment of relapsing fever, but good results have been obtained with Aureomycin and Terramycin.
作者报告了他于1954年在约旦进行的一项关于回归热的调查。在该国，这种疾病主要通过蜱传播，主要传播媒介是波斯钝缘蜱。然而，约旦西部纳布卢斯镇和马尔达村的一些常见病例可能由康氏钝缘蜱引起。感染源是遍布山区的众多洞穴以及一些养鸡的房屋。据信，通过使用杀虫剂和采用作者概述的某些程序，可以成功消灭传播蜱虫。已证明砷苯化合物和青霉素对治疗回归热效果不佳，但金霉素和土霉素取得了良好效果。
