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South African tick bite fever in a group of Russian tourists
Терапевтический архив, 2014 The paper describes a clinical case of South African tick bite fever in a group of Russian tourists. The group of 5 people who had been ill with this disease after a tourist trip to the South African Republic (the Kruger National Park in the north ...
G M Kozhevnikova +3 more
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2006 A 13-year-old boy presented with a 2-day history of fever, malaise, headache, and myalgia. He had recently returned from safari in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, where he sustained bites from both ticks and mosquitoes while hunting wildebeest. On examination, the patient had a temperature of 39°C.
Snape, MD, Pollard, A
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Probable African Tick Bite Fever in the United States. [PDF]
Yale J Biol Med, 2020 African tick bite fever (ATBF) is a tick-borne rickettsial disease most often observed in North American and European tourists returning home from the southern portion of Africa. Ticks infected with Rickettsia africae transmit this parasitic bacterium to
Lowery K, Rosen T.
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African tick bite fever in returning Swedish travellers. Report of two cases and aspects of diagnostics. [PDF]
Infect Ecol Epidemiol, 2017 Introduction: African tick-bite fever, caused by Rickettsia africae, is endemic in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and a possible cause of fever in returning Swedish travellers.
Nilsson K +4 more
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2004 A 62-year-old man presented to our institution with a 1week history of a nonpruritic rash on his left leg, lowgrade fever, and tender inguinal adenopathy. He had traveled to the African countries of Malawi and Zambia for sight-seeing and a safari during the month before onset of symptoms.
Daniel Z, Uslan, Irene G, Sia
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When a travel bug gets you down[SS1]: severe, hypotensive African tick bite fever and response to therapy [PDF]
, 2023 African tick bite fever, resulting from Rickettsia africae inoculation, is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. We present a United States traveler with African tick bite fever 5 days after she returned from a mission trip to Zimbabwe.
Saxena, Sarthak Singh +4 more
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Effect of O. porcinus Tick Salivary Gland Extract on the African Swine Fever Virus Infection in Domestic Pig. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 African swine fever is a haemorrhagic disease in pig production that can have disastrous financial consequences for farming. No vaccines are currently available and animal slaughtering or area zoning to restrict risk-related movements are the only ...
Jennifer Bernard +8 more
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African Tick-Bite Fever: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Travel Medicine, 1997 Mediterranean spotted fever, a disease caused by Rickettsia conorii, is a well-described syndrome among travelers returning from Africa.1 In the present issue of Journal of Travel Medicine2 a case of Rickettsia conorii disease is presented and discussed in context with recently described African tick-bite fever caused by Rickettsia africae.
, Ericsson, , Long, , Septimus
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Rickettsia africae: identifying gaps in the current knowledge on vector-pathogen-host interactions
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021 Rickettsia africae is a bacterium of zoonotic importance, which causes African tick bite fever (ATBF) in humans. This pathogen is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, with Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum being the major vectors. Tick
Estere Mazhetese +4 more
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A Traumatic Tick Bite: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction: Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease with an increasing incidence associated with morbidity and mortality. Uncertainty remains whether a prophylactic dose of doxycycline is effective in prevention.Case Report: We present ...
Hanowitz, Christopher +3 more
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