''Borrelia duttoni'', formerly known as ''Spirochaeta duttoni'', is a species of ''
Borrelia''.
It can be associated with
relapsing fever. It is named after
Joseph Everett Dutton
Joseph Everett Dutton (9 September 1874 – 27 February 1905) was a British parasitologist who discovered one of the trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness. He died in the Congo Free State at the age of 30 from tick fever, or African relapsing ...
, who died of the disease in 1905 while he and
John Lancelot Todd
John Lancelot Todd (10 September 1876 – 27 August 1949) was a Canadian physician and parasitologist.
Early years
John Lancelot Todd was born on 10 September 1876 in Victoria, British Columbia.
He was of Anglo-Irish origins.
His father was Jacob ...
were investigating "tick fever".
References
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