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Distribution and Host Selection of the Chigger Mite Leptotrombidium rupestre, a Potential Vector of Scrub Typhus, in Southwest China

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2025.
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, Xian‐Guo Guo, Yan Lv, Peng‐Wu Yin, Wen‐Yu Song, Pei‐Ying Peng, Ti‐Jun Qian, Rong Xiang, Yan‐Ling Chen, Bei Li   +9 more
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Acute Community-Acquired Diarrhea Requiring Hospital Admission in Swiss Children [PDF]

, 2017
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, Bianchetti, Mario G., Burnens, André P., Essers, Bettina, Lanfranchini, Francesco M., Schaad, Urs B., Somaruga, Stefano G. E., von Vigier, Rodo O.   +7 more
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Diversity of lice and flea‐ and lice‐borne pathogens in free‐ranging dogs in Uzbekistan

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 216-222, March 2025.
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, Alisher Safarov, Georgiana Deak, Angela Monica Ionică, Andrei Daniel Mihalca   +4 more
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Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
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, Suwittra Chaemchuen, Stuart Blacksell, Allen L Richards, Daniel Paris, Rory Bowden, Caroline Chan, Ramkumar Lachumanan, Nicholas Day, Peter Donnelly, Swaine Chen, Jeanne Salje   +11 more
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Enfermedades de origen bacteriano transmitidas por vectores [PDF]

, 2016
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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Scrub Typhus Infection Precipitating Hemolysis in a Patient With G6PD Deficiency: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a well‐known red blood cell enzymopathy and a cause of intravascular hemolysis. This case report presents a child with underlying G6PD deficiency who experienced an acute episode of extensive intravascular hemolysis induced by a scrub typhus infection.
Ravi Shukla, Mandira Shrestha, Chaitanya Darshan Bhattarai, Kiran Lamichhane, Paras Yadav, Debendra Tamatta   +5 more
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Orientia tsutsugamushi, the agent of scrub typhus

WikiJournal of Medicine, 2019
Orientia tsutsugamushi is a mite-borne bacterium belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae and is responsible for the disease scrub typhus in humans. It is an obligate intracellular parasite of trombiculid mites, in which natural transmission is maintained ...
Kholhring Lalchhandama
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Causes and outcomes of sepsis in southeast Asia: a multinational multicentre cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2017
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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Microbiological Investigations for Chikungunya Virus in Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in a Non‐Outbreak Setting in Southern India

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 97, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in India, with limited data on its role in childhood AES in southern India. We systematically evaluated children with AES in southern India during a non‐epidemic period for CHIKV. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were tested for CHIKV using IgM ELISA
Tina Damodar, Chitra Pattabiraman, Bhagteshwar Singh, Maria Jose, Namratha Prabhu, Akhila L, Pramada Prasad, Uddhava V. Kinhal, A. V. Lalitha, Fulton Sebastian Dsouza, Sushma Veeranna Sajjan, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Vasanthapuram Ravi, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage‐Dona, Benedict D. Michael, Tom Solomon, Ravi Yadav, Lance Turtle   +17 more
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Rickettsiosis Infections in Sarawak: Epidemiological Insights and Public Health Strategies

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Rickettsiosis infections pose a significant public health concern in Sarawak, Malaysia. Despite their importance, these infections remain poorly recognised, under‐researched and inadequately documented within the context of the Sarawak region. This comprehensive evaluation seeks to address this knowledge gap by providing an in‐depth analysis of ...
Riz Anasthasia Alta Abang, Madinah Adrus, Jess Vergis   +2 more
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