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Murine typhus in Mexico City: report of an imported case

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2019
Murine typhus is endemic in several countries. We herein report an imported case of murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi in Mexico City. This is the first report of a case after almost 20 years since the last report.
Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Pablo Colunga-Salas, Edith A. Fernández-Figueroa, María Luisa Hernández Medel, César Rivera Benítez, Ingeborg Becker   +5 more
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Rare Coinfection of Scrub Typhus and Malaria in Immunocompetent Person [PDF]

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2012
Scrub Typhus, or tsutsugamushi disease is a febrile illness caused by bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae and named Orientia tsutsugamushi. Recently it has been found to endemic in Subhimalayan region of India.Malaria is highly endemic in rest of India
Ashok Sharma, Rajeev Raina, Pravesh Dhiman, Adarsh, Irappa Madhabhavi, Prashant Panda   +5 more
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Endemic Scrub Typhus-like Illness, Chile

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
We report a case of scrub typhus in a 54-year-old man who was bitten by several terrestrial leeches during a trip to Chiloé Island in southern Chile in 2006. A molecular sample, identified as related to Orientia tsutsugamushi based on the sequence of the16S rRNA gene, was obtained from a biopsy specimen of the eschar on the patient's leg.
Balcells Marty, María Elvira, Rabagliati Borie, Ricardo Miguel, García Cañete, Patricia Del Carmen, Poggi Mayorga, Helena Loreto, Oddo Benavides, Carlos David, Concha Rogazy, Marcela Andrea, Abarca Villaseca, Katia, Jiang, Ju, Kelly, Daryl J., Richards, Allen L., Fuerst, Paul A.   +10 more
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Bayesian spatial modelling and the significance of agricultural land use to scrub typhus infection in Taiwan [PDF]

, 2013
Scrub typhus is transmitted by the larval stage of trombiculid mites. Environmental factors, including land cover and land use, are known to influence breeding and survival of trombiculid mites and, thus, also the spatial heterogeneity of scrub typhus ...
Pei-Fen Lee, Lee, P., Wang, H., Wardrop, Nicola A., Hsi-Chieh Wang, Archie C. A. Clements, Nicola A. Wardrop, Lee, Pei-Fen, Kuo, Chi-Chien, Peter M. Atkinson, Clements, Archie C. A., Clements, Archie, Wang, Hsi-Chieh, Atkinson, Peter M., Chi-Chien Kuo, Atkinson, P.M.   +15 more
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Isolation of a novel Orientia species (O. chuto sp. nov.) from a patient infected in Dubai [PDF]

, 2010
In July 2006, an Australian tourist returning from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), developed acute scrub typhus. Her signs and symptoms included fever, myalgia, headache, rash, and eschar.
Nuntipa Aukkanit, Nguyen, C, Nguyen, C., Blacksell, SD, Aukkanit, N, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards, Richards, A. L., Stenos, J., Daniel H. Paris, Jiang, J, Richards, AL, Graves, S., Stuart D. Blacksell, Stan Fenwick, Day, NP, Paris, Daniel, Stenos, J, John Stenos, Fuller, A, Andrew Fuller, Nicholas P. J. Day, Blacksell, S.D., Jiang, J., Chelsea Nguyen, Paris, D.H., Izzard, L, Graves, S, Fuller, A., Leonard Izzard, Stephen Graves, Aukkanit, N., Paris, DH, Fenwick, S., Day, Nicholas, Izzard, L., Fenwick, S, Day, N.P.J.   +37 more
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Rickettsia typhi infection presenting as severe ARDS

IDCases, 2019
Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus, is a disease resulting from an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Rickettsia typhi. Murine typhus is identified worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical geographic locations ...
Liem T. Tran, Jessica L. Helms, Miguel Sierra-Hoffman, Mark L. Stevens, Rafael Deliz-Aguirre, Mirams T. Castro-Lainez, Rafael J. Deliz   +6 more
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Neurological manifestations of scrub typhus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical features and case fatality.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundScrub typhus has become a leading cause of central nervous system (CNS) infection in endemic regions. As a treatable condition, prompt recognition is vital.
Ali M Alam, Conor S Gillespie, Jack Goodall, Tina Damodar, Lance Turtle, Ravi Vasanthapuram, Tom Solomon, Benedict D Michael   +7 more
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High Rates of Homologous Recombination in the Mite Endosymbiont and Opportunistic Human Pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi [PDF]

, 2010
The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust. PS was supported by grants from the Wellcome Trust (073135) and British Infection Society.Orientia tsutsugamushi is an intracellular alpha-proteobacterium which resides in trombiculid mites, and is the ...
Feil, EJ, Sonthayanon Piengchan, Wuthiekanun Vanaporn, Stuart D Blacksell, Sharon J Peacock, Blacksell, SD, Bentley Stephen D., Sharon J. Peacock, Bentley, SD, Day, Nicholas P. J., Feil Edward J., Day Nicholas P. J., Stephen D. Bentley, Sonthayanon, P, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Stephen D Bentley, Blacksell, Stuart D., Chierakul Wirongrong, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Stuart D. Blacksell, Day, NP, Bentley, Stephen D., Nicholas P J Day, Holden, MT, Wirongrong Chierakul, Mathew T G Holden, Peacock, Sharon J., Feil, Edward J., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Peacock, SJ, Edward J Feil, Wuthiekanun, V, Nicholas P. J. Day, Sonthayanon, Piengchan, Blacksell, Stuart, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Edward J. Feil, Chierakul, W, Peacock Sharon J., Day, Nicholas, Holden, Mathew T. G., Holden, Matthew, Blacksell Stuart D., Holden Mathew T. G., Mathew T. G. Holden   +44 more
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Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Sakundarno, Mateus, Gasem, M. Hussein, Wagenaar, Jiri F.P., Isbandrio, Bambang B., Goris, Marga G.A.   +5 more
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Acute Onset Pneumonia with Scrub Typhus in the Peripartum Period: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Scrub typhus is a major contributor to acute fevers throughout endemic areas of Asia. This condition is triggered by Orientia tsutsugamushi, transmitted by the bite of infected chigger larvae (Leptotrombidium mites).
Akella Manasa Alekhya, Neema S Acharya, Megha Karnik, Sachin Rathod, Sourya Acharya   +4 more
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