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Inactivation of SAM-methyltransferase is the mechanism of attenuation of a historic louse borne typhus vaccine strain. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Louse borne typhus (also called epidemic typhus) was one of man's major scourges, and epidemics of the disease can be reignited when social, economic, or political systems are disrupted.
Yan Liu, Bin Wu, George Weinstock, David H Walker, Xue-Jie Yu   +4 more
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Silent Threat: Multi-Organ Failure in Neonatal Scrub Typhus Without Traditional Markers. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Scrub typhus, an acute zoonotic disease from Orientia tsutsugamushi, is uncommon in newborns and presents atypical symptoms. Untimely diagnosis and treatment can lead to a prolonged and potentially fatal course. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential for better patient outcomes.
Hu L, Li S, Gao F, Diao S, Liu X, Qiu J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A potential tool for predicting epidemic trends and outbreaks of scrub typhus based on Internet search big data analysis in Yunnan Province, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionScrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a neglected tropical disease. The southern part of China is considered an important epidemic and conserved area of scrub typhus.
Zixu Wang, Zixu Wang, Wenyi Zhang, Nianhong Lu, Nianhong Lu, Ruichen Lv, Ruichen Lv, Junhu Wang, Junhu Wang, Changqiang Zhu, Changqiang Zhu, Lele Ai, Lele Ai, Yingqing Mao, Yingqing Mao, Weilong Tan, Weilong Tan, Yong Qi, Yong Qi   +18 more
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Impacts of meteorological factors on the risk of scrub typhus in China, from 2006 to 2020: A multicenter retrospective study

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Scrub typhus is emerging as a global public health threat owing to its increased prevalence and remarkable geographic expansion. However, it remains a neglected disease, and possible influences of meteorological factors on its risk are poorly understood.
Ling Han, Zhaobin Sun, Zhaobin Sun, Ziming Li, Yunfei Zhang, Shilu Tong, Shilu Tong, Shilu Tong, Shilu Tong, Tian Qin   +9 more
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Current and Future Projection of Scrub Typhus Risk Related to Land Use Change in China. [PDF]

Geohealth
Abstract The widespread concern surrounding the enhanced spillover risk of infectious diseases due to dramatic global land use changes has sparked significant discussion. However, the specific implications of these changes on scrub typhus, a vector‐borne infectious disease facing increasing incidence and substantial expansion, remain unclear.
Han L, Sun Z, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Ren H, Teng Z, Xu J, Qin T.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Impact of Meteorological Factors and Southern Oscillation Index on Scrub Typhus Incidence in Guangzhou, Southern China, 2006–2018

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Scrub typhus was epidemic in the western Pacific Ocean area and East Asia, scrub typhus epidemic in densely populated areas in southern China.
Jianyun Lu, Yanhui Liu, Xiaowei Ma, Meixia Li, Zhicong Yang   +4 more
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When Heredity Met the Bacterium: Quarantines in New York and Danzig, 1898-1921 [PDF]

, 2001
[Excerpt] Recent careful examinations of American quarantines placed on incoming migrants have found that health officials were potent carries of bigotries rooted in the larger society; but usually historians have not paid sufficient attention to the ...
Korman, Gerd
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Identifying Novel Inhibitors of RpFabG in Typhus-inducing Rickettsia prowazekii [PDF]

, 2019
Epidemic typhus is a rickettsial disease that is contracted via ticks and lice found on the flying squirrel. The disease is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, an intracellular, gram-negative coccobacillus.
Panatpur, Aparna
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AVIDITY OF IGG TO RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII AS AN ADDITIONAL CRITERION FOR THE SEROLOGICAL DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE EPIDEMIC TYPH AND ITS RECRUDESCENT FORM - BRILL-ZINSSER DISEASE

Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2018
Aim: to investigate the diagnostic significance of avidity index (AI) for IgG toR. prowazekii with the determination of specific G and M class antibodies. Materials and methods. IgG/IgM to R.
T. A. Chekanova, S. N. Shpynov, I. V. Tarasevich   +2 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan, Jiang, Ju, Maina, Alice N, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Rakotonanahary, Rado J L, Richards, Allen L, Telfer, Sandra   +6 more
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