recurrent fever

Etiology

• infections producing progeny with different biological clocks, i.e. malaria
• production of immune complexes: hepatitis B
• different immunologic phases of an infection: leptospirosis
• brucellosis
• disseminated fungal infections:
  • coccidioidomycosis
  • histoplasmosis
• parasites with intraluminal migration
  • Schistosoma mansoni
  • Schistosoma japonicum
  • strongylodiasis
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • trypanosomiasis
  • Brugia
  • Loa Loa
• intracellular bacteria-induced lysis of WBC or RBC
  • Bartonella
  • Ehrlichia
• borreliosis

More general terms

• fever