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Simultaneous serological assessment of four zoonotic rickettsiae among dogs near the United States-Mexico border. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Obligately intracellular rickettsiae cause a broad spectrum of disease in humans and animals, ranging from mild illness to life-threatening infections. Multiple species co-circulate along the southern United States of America-northern Mexico border, yet ...
Francesca Rubino, Sarah A Hamer, Andres M López-Pérez, Samantha Schuchman, Kailyn Lozano, Alexandra Saffold, Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez, Nadia A Fernández-Santos, Janet Foley   +8 more
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Organ Donor Transmission of Rickettsia typhi to Kidney Transplant Recipients, Texas, USA, 2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Murine typhus, a fleaborne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is found throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Transmission of R.
Jeffrey C. Jones, Omar G. García, Julian A. Villalba, Rosa Hinojosa, Marissa L. Taylor, Pallavi Annambhotla, Matthias H. Kapturczak, Bonny Mayes, Sandor E. Karpathy, Arlyn N. Gleaton, Linda Moon, Joseph Singleton, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Christopher D. Paddock   +13 more
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Plasmid-Encoded Multidrug Resistance of Salmonella typhi and some Enteric Bacteria in and around Kolkata, India: A Preliminary Study [PDF]

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2005
The present study investigates the occurrence of R-plasmid in Salmonella typhi isolates from enteric fever cases in and around Kolkata (1991-2001), India following in vitro conjugation experiments, isolation of plasmid DNAs and agarose gel ...
Nishith Kumar Pal, Manisha Deb Mandal, Shyamapada Mandal   +2 more
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Genome-wide screen for temperature-regulated genes of the obligate intracellular bacterium, Rickettsia typhi [PDF]

BMC Microbiology, 2008
Background The ability of rickettsiae to survive in multiple eukaryotic host environments provides a good model for studying pathogen-host molecular interactions.
Rahman M Sayeedur, Ceraul Shane M, Dreher-Lesnick Sheila M, Azad Abdu F   +3 more
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Targeting surface cell antigen 2 increases sensitivity of Rickettsia typhi detection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundMurine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi that typically presents as an acute febrile illness. The diagnosis is often missed, leading to delays in appropriate treatment. A qPCR targeting a single gene (ompB) for R.
Weerawat Phuklia, Kaisone Padith, Koukeo Phommasone, Vilada Chansamouth, Mayfong Mayxay, Susath Vongphachanh, Paul N Newton, Matthew T Robinson, Elizabeth A Ashley   +8 more
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Bioinformatics analysis of Rickettsia typhi autoimmune associations and screening of Streptomyces-derived inhibitors [PDF]

BioData Mining
Background Rickettsia typhi is the causative agent of epidemic murine typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The infection can affect multiple vital organs, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, and brain.
Zarrin Basharat, Hanan A. Ogaly, Fatimah A. M. Al-Zahrani, Calvin R. Wei, Syed Shah Hassan, Muhammad Salman, Madiha Islam, Ibrar Ahmed, Yasir Waheed, Seil Kim   +9 more
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Complete genomes of Rickettsia typhi reveal a clonal population. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Murine typhus, caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi, is a neglected disease contributing to infectious disease burden in south- and southeast Asia. Despite its importance, we have minimal knowledge of the genomics of R.
Chantisa Keeratipusana, Weerawat Phuklia, Vanheuang Phommadeechack, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Vilada Chansamouth, Koukeo Phommasone, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Catrin E Moore, Matthew T Robinson, Allen L Richards, Paul N Newton, Elizabeth M Batty   +11 more
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Optimization of heat inactivation protocols for Orientia and Rickettsia species [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Heat treatment, or thermal disinfection, is one of the simplest and most widely used methods for microbial inactivation. Proper heat inactivation protocols are essential to ensure the safe transportation and handling of infectious materials, particularly
Artharee Rungrojn, Mohammad Yazid Abdad, Sandhya Dhawan, Jantana Wongsantichon, Stuart D. Blacksell   +4 more
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Typhi Mykrobe: fast and accurate lineage identification and antimicrobial resistance genotyping directly from sequence reads for the typhoid fever agent Salmonella Typhi [PDF]

Genome Medicine
Background Typhoid fever results from systemic infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Typhi) and causes 10 million illnesses annually. Disease control relies on prevention (water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions or vaccination) and ...
Danielle J. Ingle, Jane Hawkey, Martin Hunt, Zamin Iqbal, Jacqueline A. Keane, Ayorinde O. Afolayan, Niyaz Ahmed, Saadia Andleeb, Philip M. Ashton, Isaac I. Bogoch, Megan E. Carey, Marie Anne Chattaway, John A. Crump, Paula Diaz Guevara, Benjamin P. Howden, Hidemasa Izumiya, Jobin John Jacob, Louise M. Judd, Arti Kapil, Karen H. Keddy, Justin Y. Kim, Myron M. Levine, Masatomo Morita, Satheesh Nair, Sophie Octavia, Iruka N. Okeke, Precious E. Osadebamwen, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Assaf Rokney, David A. Rasko, Varun Shamanna, Michael J. Sikorski, Anthony M. Smith, Gabriel T. Sunmonu, Kaitlin A. Tagg, Ryan R. Wick, Zoe A. Dyson, Kathryn E. Holt, Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium   +38 more
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Autophagy facilitates intracellular survival of pathogenic rickettsiae in macrophages via evasion of autophagosomal maturation and reduction of microbicidal pro-inflammatory IL-1 cytokine responses

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The genus Rickettsia is comprised of obligate intracellular bacterial parasites of a wide range of arthropod and vertebrate hosts. Some Rickettsia species (spp.) are responsible for serious human diseases globally.
Oliver H. Voss, Hodalis Gaytan, Saif Ullah, Mohammad Sadik, Imran Moin, M. Sayeedur Rahman, Abdu F. Azad   +6 more
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