Ixodes pacificus Ticks Maintain Embryogenesis and Egg Hatching after Antibiotic Treatment of Rickettsia Endosymbiont [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Rickettsia is a genus of intracellular bacteria that causes a variety of diseases in humans and other mammals and associates with a diverse group of arthropods.
Du Cheng, Jianmin Zhong
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Tick-borne spotted fevers caused by Rickettsia occur worldwide. The symptoms of this bacterial infection are similar to those of viral infection, and thus, diagnostic accuracy has special clinical importance.
Nina S. Smirnova +5 more
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Bactericidal Activity of Octenidine to Various Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi, Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Vitro and in Vivo [PDF]
Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2017 The aim of our studies was to invent a reliable method for detection of the bactericidal activity of disinfectants against Borrelia burgdorferi in suspension (in vitro) and in cell line cultures (in vivo). In the suspension method, 0.01% octenidine at 20&
Stanisława Tylewska-Wierzbanowska +3 more
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Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the Iberian Peninsula
Pathogens, 2022 Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBR) are caused by obligate, intracellular bacteria of the spotted-fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia (Order Rickettsiales), transmitted by hard ticks.
Leonardo Moerbeck +2 more
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A Case Series on Neurological Insights of Scrub Typhus [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Scrub typhus is a rickettsial disease caused by gram negative coccobacilli and transmitted through the bite of larval stage of mite. The disease is notable in the Asia-Pacific belt with few sporadic and epidemic cases reported from India as well.
PUNEET SAXENA +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The torix group of Rickettsia have been recorded from a wide assemblage of invertebrates, but details of transmission and biological impacts on the host have rarely been established.
Panupong Thongprem +3 more
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia in fleas from micromammals in Chile
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Rickettsial diseases are considered important in public health due to their dispersal capacity determined by the particular characteristics of their reservoirs and/or vectors.
Lucila Moreno-Salas +6 more
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Survey of tick species and molecular detection of selected tick-borne pathogens in Yanbian, China
Parasite, 2022 Ticks and tick-borne diseases pose a significant threat to public health. In this study, we aimed to determine the tick species distribution and pathogens carried by ticks in Yanbian, China.
Li Jixu +9 more
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Field Tick-Borne Pathogens in Gwang-ju Metropolitan Area, South Korea, from 2014 to 2018 [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2020 Objectives The importance of tick-borne diseases is increasing because of climate change, with a lack of long-term studies on tick-borne pathogens in South Korea.
Jung Wook Park +4 more
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Characterization of spotted fever group Rickettsiae in ticks from a city park of Rome, Italy
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2015 BACKGROUND: Ticks are vectors and important reservoirs for microbial agents that cause disease in humans and animals. Among these pathogens, the members of Rickettsia species play an important role in public health.
Fabiola Mancini +10 more
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