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

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa034

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

Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1768-1771
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	71
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa034
State	Published - 1 Oct 2020

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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