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Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Henning, Klaus +7 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Scrub typhus is an important public health problem in China, especially in Guangzhou city. Typical outbreaks of scrub typhus have been previously reported in rural areas, affecting mainly farmers.
Yuehong Wei +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scrub typhus in northern Fujian Province on the southeast coast of China. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 303 patients with scrub typhus admitted
Jin Huang +3 more
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Scrub typhus as a rare cause of acute pyelonephritis: case report
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Scrub typhus can present with atypical signs and symptoms such as those of acute kidney injury, gastroenteritis, pneumonitis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Tulsi Bhattarai +3 more
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The History of Epidemic Typhus
Microbiology Spectrum, 2016 ABSTRACT Epidemic typhus caused by Rickettsia prowazekii is one of the oldest pestilential diseases of humankind. The disease is transmitted to human beings by the body louse Pediculus humanus corporis and is still considered a major threat by public health authorities, despite the ...
Angelakis, Emmanouil +2 more
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The Effect of Climate Change on Emergence and Evolution of Zoonotic Diseases in Asia
Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 7, Page 587-611, November 2025.ABSTRACT As the climate of Asia changes under the influence of global warming, the incidence and spatial distribution of known zoonoses will evolve, and new zoonoses are expected to emerge as a result of greater exposure to organisms which currently occur only in wildlife.
Roger S. Morris, Masako Wada
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Rickettsia Pada Pinjal Tikus (Xenopsylla Cheopis) Di Daerah Pelabuhan Semarang, Kupang Dan Maumere [PDF]
, 2016 The genus of Rickettsia is gram negative bacteria causing rickettsioses and involve mammal hosts and arthropod vectors in their life cycle (lices, mites, ticks, and fleas). Rats were one of rickettsial hosts, and fleas were rat ectoparasites that involve
Joharina, A. S. (Arum) +6 more
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«Air, sun, water»: Ideology and activities of OZE (Society for the preservation of the health of the Jewish population) during the interwar period [PDF]
, 2008 This paper follows the social and political history of OZE, the Society for the Preservation of the Health of the Jewish Population, in the interwar period. We focus on two campaigns against typhus and favus, the first two disease oriented efforts by OZE,
Davidovitch, Nadav, Zalashik, Rakefet
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Adipose tissue serves as a reservoir for recrudescent Rickettsia prowazekii infection in a mouse model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Brill-Zinsser disease, the relapsing form of epidemic typhus, typically occurs in a susceptible host years or decades after the primary infection; however, the mechanisms of reactivation and the cellular reservoir during latency are poorly understood ...
Yassina Bechah +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.The Neopsylla hongyangensis is an important medical insect that transmits plague. We sequenced the mitogenome of N. hongyangensis and constructed a phylogenetic tree for the order Siphonaptera. In addition, we explored the mitogenomic evolution of the orders Siphonaptera and Phthiraptera, which both belong to the class Insects, on warm‐blooded animals ...
Xiaoxia Lin, Ju Pu, Wenge Dong
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