Rambam Experts Identify Rare Cases of Cave Fever After Two Teens Suffer from Mystery Illness
November 25, 2025 – Two 16-year-old boys from the Western Galilee were treated at Rambam Health Care Campus with a rare ocular complication of cave fever, a bacterial illness caused by Borrelia persica and transmitted by soft ticks living in animal burrows. The diagnosis was made only after both teens arrived with unexplained high fevers and rapidly…