Ecosystem services provided by spiders
Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2217-2236, December 2025.ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso +13 more
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The first stages of the mortality transition in England: a perspective from evolutionary biology [PDF]
, 2017 This paper examines the origins of the Mortality Revolution from an evolutionary point of view, in terms of the trade-offs between virulence and disease transmission.
Davenport, Romola
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Murine typhus: An unlikely cause of cat scratch fever with ascending rash [PDF]
JAAD Case ReportsVictoria Jiminez, BS +3 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 9, Page 966-977, September 2025.Abstract Objectives To inform patient management and disease prevention, we sought to estimate the prevalence of, and identify risk factors for, scrub typhus, murine typhus, and spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) among febrile patients presenting to hospital in Myanmar.
Thomas R. Bowhay +13 more
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Geospatial Analysis of Rickettsial Species [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne bacteria with a potential to cause multiple diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).
Frank, Amy
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Molecular detection of hemoprotozoa and Rickettsia species in arthropods collected from wild animals in the Burgos Province, Spain [PDF]
, 2010 Limited information on the presence of bacterial and hematozoan infections in parasitic arthropods from Spain is available. In an attempt to address this issue, the prevalence of Theileria, Babesia, Hepatozoon, and Rickettsia species was investigated by ...
Casado, Nieves +6 more
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Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar
Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 9, Page 978-986, September 2025.Abstract Objectives Rickettsioses are frequent causes of treatable febrile illness in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Accurate estimates of the incidence of rickettsioses are needed to inform investments in disease prevention and control. We sought to estimate the incidence of rickettsioses among adults and adolescents by combining sentinel hospital
Win Thandar Oo +13 more
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PENGARUH UMUR TIKUS TERHADAP KERAGAMAN DAN KEPADATAN EKTOPARASIT DI DAERAH BERPOTENSI PENULARAN PENYAKIT BERSUMBER TIKUS DI RT. 04 RW. II KRAJAN BANCAK KECAMATAN BANCAK KABUPATEN SEMARANG DAN DESA TRIDONOREJO KECAMATAN BONANG DEMAK TAHUN 2008. [PDF]
, 1970 Tikus merupakan binatang pengerat dari famili Muridae dikenal sebagai sumber beberapa penyakit zoonosis seperti penyakit pes, leptospirosis, scrub typhus, murine typhus, rat bite fever, dan salmonellosis. Tikus merupakan hospes atau inang dari arthropoda.
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Inactivation of SAM-methyltransferase is the mechanism of attenuation of a historic louse borne typhus vaccine strain [PDF]
, 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.
AV Rodionov +17 more
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First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalMurine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, which was first detected in Mexico in 1927. It was not until 1996 that the first systematized study involving this pathogen was conducted in two coastal states of Mexico. We now report the
Selene Blum-Domínguez +6 more
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