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Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2542-2583, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far‐reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of alien species represents the most effective solution to reducing their impacts on nature and human well‐being.
Hanno Seebens, Laura A. Meyerson, David M. Richardson, Bernd Lenzner, Elena Tricarico, Franck Courchamp, Alla Aleksanyan, Emre Keskin, Hanieh Saeedi, Perpetra Akite, Jake M. Alexander, Sarah A. Bailey, Dino Biancolini, Tim M. Blackburn, Hans Juergen Boehmer, Alejandro Bortolus, Marc W. Cadotte, César Capinha, James T. Carlton, Jo Anne Crouch, Curtis C. Daehler, Franz Essl, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Jason D. Fridley, Nicol Fuentes, Mirijam Gaertner, Bella Galil, Emili García‐Berthou, Pablo García‐Díaz, Sylvia Haider, Liam Heneghan, Kevin A. Hughes, Cang Hui, Ekin Kaplan, Andrew M. Liebhold, Chunlong Liu, Elizabete Marchante, Hélia Marchante, Alicia Marticorena, David W. Minter, Rodrigo A. Moreno, Wolfgang Nentwig, Aidin Niamir, Ana Novoa, Ana L. Nunes, Aníbal Pauchard, Sebataolo Rahlao, Anthony Ricciardi, James C. Russell, K.V. Sankaran, Anna Schertler, Evangelina Schwindt, Ross T. Shackleton, Daniel Simberloff, David L. Strayer, Alifereti Tawake, Marco Thines, Cristóbal Villaseñor‐Parada, Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule, Viktoria Wagner, Victoria Werenkraut, Karsten Wesche, Demian A. Willette, Rafael D. Zenni, Petr Pyšek   +64 more
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Rickettsiales and rickettsial diseases in Australia

, 2010
Currently, there are 12 known Rickettsiales species in Australia. However research into the diversity and range of these agents in Australia is still far from complete.
Izzard, Leonard
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Bayesian population‐based assessment of ascertainment bias in flea‐borne typhus surveillance in California, 2011–2019

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 765-775, December 2025.
Although flea‐borne typhus is historically associated with poorer living conditions, FBT surveillance reporting is associated with greater socioeconomic advantage at the population level. FBT surveillance may be biased towards socioeconomic advantage in its ascertainment of surveillance data.
Kyle Yomogida, Anne Kjemtrup, Mireille Ibrahim, Zuelma Contreras, Van Ngo, Umme‐Aiman Halai, Sharon Balter, Matt Feaster, Matthew Zahn, Eric Shearer, Rochelle Sorvillo, Nora Balanji, Cindy Torres, Belinda Prado, Charsey Porse, Vicki Kramer, Beatriz Martínez‐López   +16 more
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The First Report on Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis), a Zoonotic Haematophagous Insect Infestation in Humans in Bangladesh: A Case Report and Literature Review

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
An 18‐year‐old girl who didn't have any pets but was infested with fleas from a pet‐owning neighbour. Flea‐bite dermatitis caused severe pruritus, urticarial and papulomatous lesions on the neck and arm. Fleas were removed and identified as Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea.
Nusrat Nowrin Shohana, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Sharmin Shahid Labony, Md. Haydar Ali, Md. Abdul Alim, Ashim Kumar Nandi, Anisuzzaman   +6 more
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Epidemiological data for murine typhus control activities. [PDF]

Murine typhus fever is a disease of increasing public health importance. From figures reported to the U. S. Public Health Service the annual number of eases of typhus has increased nearly 1600% in the period from 1931 when 332 cases were reported to 1944

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Scrub Typhus, Republic of Palau

, 2006
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a severe febrile illness transmitted to humans by trombiculid mites, which normally feed on rodents.
William L. Nicholson, Stevenson Kuartei, Linda J. Demma, Staci M. Murphy, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Pearl Marumoto, A. Mark Durand, J. Maireng Sengebau-Kingzio, David L. Swerdlow   +8 more
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Scrub Typhus with Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

, 2013
Scrub typhus is a major infectious threat in the Asia-Pacific region. We report an unusual case of scrub typhus in a patient in Singapore who presented with sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome but lacked the pathognomonic eschar.
Kurup, Asok, Gubler, Duane J., Kurup, A., Lee, Too Bou, Chua, R., Ooi, E.E., Sukumaran, B., Issac, A., Lewis, Michael, Bist, P., Loh, Jin Phang, Ching, W.M., Loh, J.P., Chao, Chien-Chung, Sukumaran, Bindu, Chao, C.-C., Ooi, Eng Eong, Issac, Aneesh, Ching, Wei Mei, Lee, T.B., Gubler, D.J., Bist, Pradeep, Lewis, M., Chua, Robert   +23 more
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Dual-Genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi Infections, Hainan Island, China, 2023

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We report 3 cases of dual-genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in Hainan Island, China. Patients exhibited diverse clinical manifestations, including afebrile illness and multiorgan involvement, highlighting the complexity associated with genetic ...
Yi Niu, Siqi Chen, Gaoyu Wang, Yijia Guo, Nan Ge, Xiaoyuan Hu, Chuanning Tang, Ruoyan Peng, Xiuji Cui, Biao Wu, Bo Wang, Yueping Wang, Dachuan Lin, Yongguo Du, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Long Sun, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Liyuan Zhang, Feifei Yin   +18 more
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Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia

, 2007
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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Comprehensive review on cardiac manifestation of scrub typhus

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Scrub typhus, a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers, predominantly affects the Asia-Pacific region. Complications of Scrub Typhus involve multiple systems, including cardiovascular (pericarditis, arrhythmia ...
Barath Prashanth Sivasubramanian, Abul Hasan Shadali Abdul Khader, Diviya Bharathi Ravikumar, Francis Vino Dominic Savio, Umabalan Thirupathy, Varshini Thiruvadi, Rhea Prasad, Hema Thokala, Husna Qadeer, Dhiraj Poragal Venkataperumal, Ashima Gupta, Nagaraj Sanchitha Honganur, Raghavendra Tirupathi   +12 more
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