Table 1 Clinical features of patients diagnosed with soft tick-borne relapsing fever in selected Latin American countries during the first half of the twentieth century
From: Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America
Clinical features | Panama [61] | Colombia [76] | Colombia [68] | Venezuela [90] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
First author of study | Calero C | Pampana EJ | Roca García M | Pino Pou R |
Number of cases | 106 | 38 | 22 | 21 |
Clinical features | ||||
Incubation period (days) | 6–9 | ND | 6–8 | ND |
Number of febrile paroxysms (%): | ||||
1 | 17 | 55 | 41 | 28 |
2 | 56.8 | 18 | 41 | 9 |
3 | 17.8 | 24 | 9 | 33 |
4 | 6.3 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
5 | 2.1 | 0 | 4 | ND |
Nausea (%) | 46.3 | ND | ND | ND |
Vomiting (%) | 41 | 70 | ND | ND |
Splenomegaly (%) | 25 | 33 | ND | ND |
Hepatomegaly (%) | 19 | 33 | ND | ND |
Icterus (%) | 5 | 70 | ND | ND |
Meningismus (%) | 2.8 | ND | ND | ND |
Headache (%) | ND | 95 | ND | ND |
Sweating (%) | ND | 91 | ND | ND |
Chills (%) | ND | 80 | ND | ND |
Osteoarticular pain (%) | ND | 70 | ND | ND |
Conjunctival injection (%) | ND | 50 | ND | ND |