Detection of "Rickettsia sp strain Uilenbergi" and "Rickettsia sp strain Davousti" in Amblyomma tholloni ticks from elephants in Africa [PDF]
, 2007 Background: To date, 6 tick-borne rickettsiae pathogenic for humans are known to occur in Africa and 4 of them were first identified in ticks before being recognized as human pathogens.
Didier Raoult +14 more
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Detection of antibodies anti-Rickettsia spp. in dogs and horses in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014 This study evaluated the infection caused by Rickettsia spp. among dogs and horses from Mato Grosso State. A total of 384 dogs and 460 horses were tested by the Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA) for Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia parkeri ...
Marcus Vinicius de Amorim +9 more
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Scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness in Bhutan: A cross‐sectional study
Public Health Challenges, 2023 Introduction Early diagnosis and treatment plays an important role in preventing mortality in scrub typhus infection. In districts situated in the subtropical region of Bhutan, scrub typhus remains an important aetiology among those with acute febrile ...
Karma Norbu +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population.
Zhongqiu Teng +12 more
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Detection of Rickettsia RaoultiI Genotypes in Southern Kazakhstan
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2016 Previously it was established that different species of genus Rickettsia were detected in Kazakhstan. Nevertheless, rickettsial species spectrum of some regions of Kazakhstan has not been studied.
I. E. Samoylenko +9 more
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Possible Case of Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Traveler Returning to Japan from India
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 A 60-year-old woman experienced fever, headache, rash, and altered vision after returning to Japan from India. Testing detected elevated antibody titers to spotted fever group rickettsia; PCR on blood yielded positive results for the rickettsial outer ...
Ichiro Takajo +13 more
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks, Morocco
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 A total of 370 ticks, encompassing 7 species from 4 genera, were collected during 2002–2006 from domestic animals and vegetation in the Taza region of northeastern Morocco.
Mhammed Sarih +5 more
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Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma triste from Uruguay [PDF]
, 2004 Our goal was to detect whether spotted fever group Rickettsia are found in the suspected vector of rickettsioses, Amblyomma triste, in Uruguay. Rickettsia parkeri was detected in A.
Perla A. Cabrera +11 more
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Bilateral arterial occlusions masking retinitis in a HIV-positive male
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 We report an interesting case of 36-year-old HIV-positive male with uveitis, cilioretinal artery occlusion in OD, and superotemporal branch retinal artery occlusion in OS.
Kalpana Babu +2 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and rickettsia spp. in ticks collected from european part of turkey [PDF]
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 2013 This study was performed in ticks collected with the flagging method from localities situated along Anatolian side of Istanbul to the Bulgarian border of Turkey which is under the effect of Black Sea climate.
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