Single dose of doxycycline for the prevention of tick-borne relapsing fever

Yoav Binenbaum, Ronen Ben-Ami, Gad Baneth, Boaz Langford, Yoav Negev, Edwa Friedlander, David Shasha, Luba Tau, Yael Paran*

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Abstract

The current postexposure prophylaxis regimen for tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) consists of 5 days' doxycycline. In this observational study of 77 spelunkers at high risk for TBRF, a single dose of 100 mg doxycycline taken up to 72 hours after exposure to ticks was 100% effective in p reventing the disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1768-1771
Number of pages4
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume71
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2020

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