Mittermayer T
Infection. 1977;5(2):76-81. doi: 10.1007/BF01642084.
A report is presented on the epidemiological, clinical and serological findings obtained in 37 patients in the southern part of Eastern Slovakia who were diagnosed as having Brill's disease. All patients presented with a recurrence of classical louse-borne typhus; in no case did the disease occur for the first time. It is recommended that all patients with a febrile illness of uncertain aetiology be subjected to a routine serological examination for louse-borne typhus in epidemic areas. Careful supervision is necessary since if such late recurrences are not detected they can result in a renewed spread of the disease in an environment where lice prevail. This was demonstrated in one of the patients in this study.
本文报告了在斯洛伐克东部南部地区37例被诊断为患布里尔病患者的流行病学、临床和血清学研究结果。所有患者均表现为经典虱传斑疹伤寒复发；无一例是首次发病。建议对流行地区病因不明的发热性疾病患者常规进行虱传斑疹伤寒血清学检查。由于如果未检测到这种晚期复发，可能会导致疾病在虱子盛行的环境中再次传播，因此必须进行仔细监测。本研究中的一名患者就证实了这一点。
