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Boutonneuse Fever in Southeastern Romania [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Boutonneuse fever (BF) is an eruptive disease and is classified as a spotted fever, which is endemic in the Mediterranean basin (i.e., Marseille fever or Mediterranean spotted fever) and the Black Sea, caused by Rickettsia conorii, with dog ticks being a
Cristina Maria Mihai +2 more
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The liver in boutonneuse fever [PDF]
Gut, 1974 Hepatic lesions were studied for the first time in 13 cases of boutonneuse fever (Mediterranean exanthematous fever). The glutamic-oxalacetic transaminases were raised in eight patients, the glutamic-pyruvic transaminases showed an increase in 10 patients, alkaline phosphatases in seven of the 10 patients investigated, and conjugate bilirubin showed ...
J M Martínez-Vázquez, J Vilaseca
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Role of TLR4 Receptor Polymorphisms in Boutonneuse Fever [PDF]
International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, 2005 The genetics of the interaction between host and microbes plays an essential role in the survival of the individual and attainment of longevity. The activation of toll-like receptor (TLR)4 plays a key role in natural and clonotypic immune responses. We evaluated whether TLR4 genotype is a component of genetic background protective versus rickettsiosis ...
Carmela Rita Balistreri +2 more
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Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1982 Sixty children, aged between 2 and 10 years, had boutonneuse fever during the summer months of 1979 and 1980. They presented with fever and a generalised maculopapular rash. The tàche noire could be seen at the site of the tick bite in 38 (63%) of them. The antibody response, assayed nonspecifically, by the Weil-Felix reaction was positive in 52.
F A, Moraga +4 more
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Severe clinical forms of Mediterranean spotted fever: A case series from an endemic area in Bulgaria [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2018 Background/Aim. Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) belongs to Rickettsioses, the Spotted fever group (SFG). The causal agent is Rickettsia conorii conorii and the transmission to humans occurs through dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus bites.
Baymakova Magdalena +4 more
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South African Tick Bite Fever: An Overview
Dermatopathology, 2019 The rickettsiae are a diverse group of vector-borne zoonotic bacterial pathogens. The two common spotted fever diseases in existence in southern Africa are boutonneuse fever-like tick bite fever (TBF), caused by Rickettsia conorii, and African TBF ...
John Frean, Wayne Grayson
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Spotted Fever Group and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Humans, South Korea
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 The presence of the nucleic acid of the spotted fever group (SPG) and typhus group (TG) rickettsiae was investigated in 200 serum specimens seropositive for SFG rickettsiae by multiplex-nested polymerase chain reaction with primers derived from the ...
Yeon-Joo Choi +9 more
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Tick bite fever in South Africa
South African Family Practice, 2008 Tick bite fever has been a constant feature of the South African medical landscape. While it was recognised many years ago that there was a wide spectrum of clinical severity of infection, only recently has It been established that there are two ...
John Frean +2 more
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Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Children: Study of a Portuguese Endemic Region
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018 Introduction: Mediterranean spotted fever is an infectious disease included in the human rickettsiosis group, with its main distribution in the Mediterranean and South European countries. It is an endemic disease in Portugal, with dogs acting as the main
Sara Peixoto +3 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 2005 O presente artigo é uma atualização sobre a ocorrência e diagnóstico das riquetsioses existentes no Brasil e Portugal, com o objetivo de incentivar e incrementar a vigilância epidemiológica dessas doenças nos dois países.
Márcio Antonio Moreira Galvão +5 more
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