Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia
ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe +3 more
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Enfermedades de origen bacteriano transmitidas por vectores [PDF]
Las enfermedades bacterianas transmitidas por vectores son un problema creciente en nuestra sociedad. En los últimos años se ha observado un aumento de la población tanto de garrapatas como de pulgas y mosquitos que, unido a la globalización y viajes ...
Silva López, Laura
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Based on field surveys in southwest China between 2001 and 2022, this paper retrospectively reports the distribution and host selection of L. rupestre in the region for the first time. A total of 4675 L. rupestre were identified from 28 species of small mammal hosts in 23 of 114 survey sites and it was mainly distributed in higher latitudes (31–33° N ...
Rong Yu +9 more
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Diversity of lice and flea‐ and lice‐borne pathogens in free‐ranging dogs in Uzbekistan
Lice (Trichodectes canis, Linognathus africanus and Bovicola bovis) and fleas were collected from dogs across five regions of Uzbekistan and subjected to molecular analysis. Molecular screening detected Dipylidium caninum and Bartonella spp. in fleas, while Rickettsia spp. were identified in both fleas and lice.
Luciana Cătălina Panait +4 more
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Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. [PDF]
BackgroundOrientia tsutsugamushi is a clinically important but neglected obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen of the Rickettsiaceae family that causes the potentially life-threatening human disease scrub typhus.
Elizabeth M Batty +11 more
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Acute Community-Acquired Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Swiss Children [PDF]
In order to ascertain the prevalence of agents that cause childhood diarrheal illness, stool specimens of 312 consecutive children with community-acquired diarrhea requiring admission were evaluated.
Aebi, Christoph +7 more
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Laboratory-acquired scrub typhus and murine typhus infections: The argument for risk-based approach to biosafety requirements for Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi laboratory activities [PDF]
This study examined the literature on laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) associated with scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi) and murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) research to provide an evidence base for biosafety and biocontainment.
Blacksell, Stuart D. +3 more
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Symbiotic Relationship between Orientia tsutsugamushi and Vector Mites.
恙虫病リケッチア Orientia tsutsugamushi とベクターであるツツガムシとの関係について最近の知見を概説した。すなわち (1) O. tsutsugamushi には各種の血清型が存在するが, それぞれの血清型リケッチアを媒介するツツガムシ種は異なり, アカツツガムシは Kato 型リケッチアを, フトゲツツガムシは Karp 及び Gilliam 型を, タテツツガムシは Kawasaki 及び Kuroki 型を媒介する, (2) リケッチアはツツガムシ体内で共生関係にあり, 雌親ムシから卵を介して子孫に垂直伝播される, (3)ツツガムシの種によってはリケッチアを保有する雌から産まれる子孫は雌ばかりで雄は産生されない, (4 ...
H, Urakami, A, Tamura
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The relationship between land use structures and occurrence of scrub typhus agent, Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in small wild mammals was conducted in three provinces of Thailand: Buriram, Loei, and Nan. Orientia tsutsugamushi detection was performed
Kittipong Chaisiri +2 more
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Causes and outcomes of sepsis in southeast Asia: a multinational multicentre cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background Improved understanding of pathogens that cause sepsis would aid management and antimicrobial selection. In this study, we aimed to identify the causative pathogens of sepsis in southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia, Infectious
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