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Projecting the potential distribution of Rickettsia japonica in China and Asian adjacent regions under climate change using the Maxent model

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveTo determine the current and future suitable areas of Rickettsia japonica, and to provide a reference for preventing its outbreak and spread.MethodsBased on the geographic distribution of R.
Xiaoxu Wang, Xiaoxu Wang, Meng Shang, Meng Shang, Zihao Wang, Zihao Wang, Haoqiang Ji, Haoqiang Ji, Zhenxu Wang, Qiyong Liu, Qiyong Liu, Qiyong Liu   +11 more
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[Fulminant Japanese spotted fever--the second fatal case in Japan].

Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2008
A 77-year-old woman who have no past history, was admitted in a local hospital in Muroto City, Kochi, Japan, after several days of fever and severe general fatigue and generalized skin erythema. She was suspected to have Japanease spotted fever, which was a local pandemic disease. She was treated with minocycline immediately.
WADA, Kayoko, SAKAEDA, Hiroshi, AONO, Rei, CHIYA, Seizou   +3 more
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Establishment and optimization of a liquid bead array for the simultaneous detection of ten insect-borne pathogens

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Insect-borne diseases could induce severe symptoms in human and clinical signs in animals, such as febrility, erythra, arthralgia and hemorrhagic fever, and cause significant economic losses and pose public health threat all over the world ...
Hui-yu Wang, Shao-qiang Wu, Li Jiang, Rong-hai Xiao, Ting Li, Lin Mei, Ji-zhou Lv, Jia-jia Liu, Xiang-mei Lin, Xue-qing Han   +9 more
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Fatal Rickettsia Japonica Infection Complicating Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Yichang, China

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Siyu Gao1 *, Lingfeng Li2 *, Xiaolin Zhou,1 Xiangcheng Dai,1 Lu Lu,1 Yandong Chen,1 Jing Han,1 Xiaoli Huang,1 Qian Xiao,1 Huiqing He,3 Qiang Liu1 1Yichang Central People’s Hospital, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three ...
Gao S, Li L, Zhou X, Dai X, Lu L, Chen Y, Han J, Huang X, Xiao Q, He H, Liu Q   +10 more
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Epidemiological and molecular characteristics of human-biting ticks in areas endemic to Japanese spotted fever: a prospective study

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have become a great health concern worldwide. This study aimed to clarify the pathogenic and potentially pathogenic microorganisms carried by ticks that bite humans and to assess the risk of acquiring tick-borne infections in ...
Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hiroshi Sunami, Yasuhiro Nakano, Kenta Nakamoto, Hidemasa Akazawa, Yoshimi Hidani, Kouji Kida, Go Tsurumi, Hideharu Hagiya   +8 more
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Mapping the aetiology of non-malarial febrile illness in Southeast Asia through a systematic review--terra incognita impairing treatment policies.

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundAn increasing use of point of care diagnostic tests that exclude malaria, coupled with a declining malaria burden in many endemic countries, is highlighting the lack of ability of many health systems to manage other causes of febrile disease. A
Nathalie Acestor, Richard Cooksey, Paul N Newton, Didier Ménard, Philippe J Guerin, Jun Nakagawa, Eva Christophel, Iveth J González, David Bell   +8 more
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454 Epidemiological study of ticks harbouring aeromonas hydrophila in areas endemic and non-endemic to Japanese-spotted fever [PDF]

, 2023
M. Kondo, Y. Matsushima, T. Nakanishi, S. Iida, K. Habe, K. Yamanaka   +5 more
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Usefulness of next-generation sequencing for laboratory diagnosis of rickettsiosis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Rickettsiosis includes a diversity of culture-negative non-specific systemic infections. Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsiosis is often not easy. In this 12-month study, six patients with a variety of rickettsia infections of the spotted fever group ...
Fanfan Xing, Chaowen Deng, Jinyue Huang, Yanfei Yuan, Zhendong Luo, Simon K F Lo, Susanna K P Lau, Patrick C Y Woo   +7 more
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Combination of minocycline and ciprofloxacin enhances the inhibitory effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated THP-1 monocytic cells

Infectious Medicine
Background: Tetracyclines, such as minocycline (MINO), are widely used in the treatment of infectious diseases. Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is usually treated with MINO.
Ippei Sakamaki, Yukie Tanaka, Hiromichi Iwasaki   +2 more
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Early Tick Species Identification Using Eschar‐Based PCR to Guide Presymptomatic Risk Assessment in Tick‐Borne Diseases

Clinical Case Reports
In endemic regions where simultaneous larval tick bites frequently occur, early identification of tick species from eschar lesions may substantially influence presymptomatic clinical triage. We report a 78‐year‐old woman who was found after approximately
Makoto Kondo, Koji Habe, Keiichi Yamanaka   +2 more
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