an interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a rocky mountain cabin. | in july 1995, an outbreak of acute febrile illness affected 11 (48%) of 23 family members from nebraska and kansas who had vacationed at a colorado cabin in june. similar symptoms were identified among five (17%) of 30 additional persons from nebraska, kansas, florida, and texas who had vacationed at the same cabin. symptoms suggested tick-borne relapsing fever (tbrf). although no spirochetes were detected in available blood smears from five case-patients, borrelia hermsii was cultured from the ... | 1998 | 9660457 |