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Typhus Disease in the State of Azerbaijan During the Qajar Period (1796-1925) [PDF]
Typhus is a disease common to both humans and animals, transmitted by lice, ticks, or rats. The tick variant of this disease is more prevalent in colder regions such as Azerbaijan, where unsanitary living conditions and a local abundance of ticks may ...
Seyyed Alireza Golshani +2 more
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Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi +4 more
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Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a re-emerging endemic zoonosis in the Asia Pacific region. It is a febrile condition ranging in severity from mild to severe, with fatality rates as high as 30%.
Bhavana Yadav +4 more
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ABSTRACT Bacteria of the order Rickettsiales comprise a diverse group of obligate intracellular microorganisms that are globally distributed and highly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. In South America, these bacteria have been associated with arthropod vectors, such as ticks, fleas, mites, lice, and certain dipterans, as well as with a ...
Cristian J. Zamorano‐Gómez +3 more
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Clinical Manifestations and Molecular Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus and Murine Typhus, Vietnam, 2015–2017 [PDF]
Rickettsioses are endemic to Vietnam; however, only a limited number of clinical studies have been performed on these vectorborne bacteria. We conducted a prospective hospital-based study at 2 national referral hospitals in Hanoi to describe the clinical
Dien, VM +30 more
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Abstract Melioidosis is a potentially fatal tropical disease caused by the environmentally mediated bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. In Vietnam, melioidosis is not nationally reportable and little is known regarding its epidemiology and distribution in the northernmost mountainous provinces.
Morgan C. Metrailer +14 more
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Is murine typhus re-emerging in Portugal ?
Murine typhus or endemic typhus is an infectious disease, clinically very similar to epidemic typhus, and caused by Rickettsia typhi(sometimes referred to as R. mooseri).
F Bacellar, I Lencastre, A R Filipe
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Slow Death and Key Workers: The Ordinary Crisis of Waste Work During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Short Abstract This article examines the experiences of waste workers in Glasgow during the COVID‐19 pandemic to show how the everyday operations of the UK waste industry push bodies and infrastructures towards collapse. Drawing on interviews with waste workers, and Lauren Berlant's concepts of ‘slow death’ and the ‘crisis ordinary’, it argues that ...
Thom Davies +5 more
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BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi. Immunochromatography (ICT) and IgM ELISA are two of the routinely employed antibody based assays for diagnosis of Scrub typhus ...
Parajuli, Keshab +4 more
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Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia [PDF]
The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts.
Owen, Helen Clare
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