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*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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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