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Diagnostic Value of IgA Antibody Measurement in Tick-Borne Spotted Fever (Astrakhan Rickettsial Fever) [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Tick-borne spotted fevers caused by Rickettsia occur worldwide. The symptoms of this bacterial infection are similar to those of viral infection, and thus, diagnostic accuracy has special clinical importance.
Nina S. Smirnova, Alexey V. Kostarnoy, Alexey V. Kondratev, Petya G. Gancheva, Daniil A. Grumov, Alexander L. Gintsburg   +5 more
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Epidemiological monitoring of the natural focus of Astrakhan spotted fever

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: One of the dominant natural focal diseases in the Astrakhan region is Astrakhan spotted fever (ASP). Under the influence of anthropogenic activity, a low-activity natural focus of ASF turned into a manifest natural and anthropurgical focus of ...
S. Ugleva, N. Pshenichnaya, V. Akimkin
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Epidemiological Situation on Tick-Borne Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the Russian Federation in 2012–2021, Prognosis for 2022–2026 [PDF]

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2022
The aim of the review was to characterize the epidemiological situation on rickettsiosis of the tick-borne spotted fever (TSF) group in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in 2012–2021 and provide a long-term forecast for 2022–2026.
N. V. Rudakov, N. A. Pen’evskaya, L. V. Kumpan, A. I. Blokh, S. N. Shpynov, D. V. Trankvilevsky, S. V. Shtrek   +6 more
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Review of Epidemiological Situation on Rickettsioses in the Russian Federation in 2022 as Compared with 2013–2021, Forecast for 2023 [PDF]

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2023
The aim of the review was to characterize the epidemiological situation on tick-borne rickettsioses (TR) in the Russian Federation in 2022 in comparison with the pandemic years of 2020–2021 and the pre-pandemic period of 2013–2019, to give the forecast ...
N. A. Pen’evskaya, N. V. Rudakov, S. N. Shpynov, A. I. Blokh, D. V. Trankvilevsky, D. A. Savel’ev, S. V. Shtrek, A. V. Sannikov   +7 more
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Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2016
Central Asia is a vast geographic region that includes five former Soviet Union republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Hay J, Yeh KB, Dasgupta D, Shapieva Z, Omasheva G, Deryabin P, Nurmakhanov T, Ayazbayev T, Andryushchenko A, Zhunushov A, Hewson R, Farris CM, Richards AL.   +12 more
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Epidemiological Situation on Rickettsial Diseases and Q Fever in the Russian Federation over the Period of 2010–2023, Forecast for 2024 [PDF]

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
The aim of the review is to forecast the incidence of rickettsial infections and Q fever in the Russian Federation for 2024 based on an analysis of the epidemiological situation in 2010–2023.
S. V. Shtrek, N. V. Rudakov, S. N. Shpynov, A. I. Blokh, D. V. Trankvilevsky, N. A. Pen’evskaya, L. V. Kumpan, A. V. Sannikov   +7 more
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Rapid, simple, and sensitive detection of the ompB gene of spotted fever group rickettsiae by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis, 2012
BACKGROUND: Spotted fever caused spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) is prevalent throughout China. In this study, we describe a rapid, simple, and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the ompB gene of spotted fever ...
Pan L, Zhang L, Wang G, Liu Q.
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Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii [PDF]

BMC Microbiology, 2005
Background Rickettsiae closely related to the Malish strain, the reference Rickettsia conorii strain, include Indian tick typhus rickettsia (ITTR), Israeli spotted fever rickettsia (ISFR), and Astrakhan fever rickettsia (AFR).
Raoult Didier, Eremeeva Marina, Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Zhu Yong   +3 more
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Ixodid ticks and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens of the Western Balkans. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Ixodid ticks are distributed across all countries of the Western Balkans, with a high diversity of species. Many of these species serve as vectors of pathogens of veterinary and medical importance.
Kapo N, Zuber Bogdanović I, Gagović E, Žekić M, Veinović G, Sukara R, Mihaljica D, Adžić B, Kadriaj P, Cvetkovikj A, Djadjovski I, Potkonjak A, Velo E, Savić S, Tomanović S, Omeragić J, Beck R, Hodžić A.   +17 more
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Genome Sequence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. caspia, the Agent of Astrakhan Fever [PDF]

Journal of Bacteriology, 2012
Khalid El Karkouri, Catherine Robert, Didier Raoult   +2 more
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