Abstract
Background: Louse-borne relapsing fever has been restricted to countries with poor socio economic status, the most important foci being Burundi, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Borrelia recurrentis is the etiologic agent for louse-borne relapsing fever and occurs as epidemic under conditions of overcrowding, poverty, draught and famine. Objective: To assess the Louse-borne Relapsing Fever profile in Jimma Hospital and suggest practical control measures to alleviate the disease burden of the community in the region. Design: All RF cases recorded in Jimma hospital for the last five years (1997 to 2001) were used to investigate the pattern of the diseases in relation to sex, coffee growing seasons, and mortality rates. Methods: A total of 617 patients were included in the study from the hospital records. Results: The number of louse-borne relapsing fever cases recorded during the study period showed both sexes run the same level of risk of contracting the disease (p>0.05, n=5). On the other hand, the number of cases during the dry season was relatively higher than the wet season in the same year and this difference was statistically significant (p
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