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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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Rickettsia lusitaniae in Ornithodoros Porcinus Ticks, Zambia
Pathogens, 2021 Rickettsial pathogens are amongst the emerging and re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses of public health importance. Though traditionally considered to be transmitted by ixodid ticks, the role of argasid ticks as vectors of these pathogens is increasingly ...
Simbarashe Chitanga +14 more
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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2017 Tick-borne diseases represent a large proportion of infectious diseases that have become a world health concern. The presence of Rickettsia spp. was evaluated by standard PCR and sequencing in 123 ticks collected from several mammals and vegetation in Sardinia, Italy.
Chisu, Valentina +5 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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A Rickettsia Case Caused by Rickettsia conorii
Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni, 2018 Rickettsia species are gram-negative intracellular, small pleomorphic coccobacilli in the Rickettsiaceae family. This genus is serologically and genotypically divided into four groups as spotted fever group, typhus group, Rickettsia belli and Rickettsia canadensis. Rickettsia conorii (R.conorii subsp. conorii) in the spotted fever group was reported to
Bekir, Çelebi +2 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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Molecular detection of Rickettsia infection in field-collected bed bugs
New Microbes and New Infections, 2020 Bed bugs are now one of the most prevalent human-associated, blood-feeding pests in the urban world, but few studies of their association with human pathogens have been conducted since their resurgence.
R. Potts +3 more
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Dissemination of spotted fever rickettsia agents in Europe by migrating birds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Migratory birds are known to play a role as long-distance vectors for many microorganisms. To investigate whether this is true of rickettsial agents as well, we characterized tick infestation and gathered ticks from 13,260 migratory passerine birds in ...
Karin Elfving +7 more
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A Systematic Review of the Arthropod-Borne Rickettsial Diseases with a Special Emphasis on Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2021 Background: Rickettsialinfections occur worldwide. Rickettsia spp. are mandatory intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that can cause mild to severe disease.
Aboozar Soltani +3 more
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Rickettsia in the Regiment [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1989 A case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is described, together with other cases of pyrexia whose occurrence originally gave the impression of a significant outbreak of the disease in a TA regiment after annual training in the USA. The role of the RMO is considered in such circumstances.
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