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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan, Jiang, Ju, Maina, Alice N, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Rakotonanahary, Rado J L, Richards, Allen L, Telfer, Sandra   +6 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, Massimo Ciccozzi, Alessandra Lo Presti, Eleonora Cella, Marta Giovanetti, Marco Di Luca, Luciano Toma, Riccardo Bianchi, Cristina Khoury, Giovanni Rezza, Alessandra Ciervo   +10 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, DEEPAK CHADHA, RISHIKA GOYAL   +2 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 more
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Differences in microbiota between two multilocus lineages of the sugarcane Aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) in the continental United States [PDF]

, 2020
The sugarcane aphid (SCA), Melanaphis Sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), has been considered an invasive pest of sugarcane in the continental United States since 1977. Then, in 2013, SCA abruptly became a serious pest of U.S.
Antwi, Josephine B., Armstrong, John Scott, Costet, Laurent, Holt, Jocelyn R., Malacrinò, Antonino, McLaren, Neal, Medina, Raul F., Nibouche, Samuel, Peterson, Garry, Styer, Alex, White, Jennifer A., Wulff, Jason   +11 more
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Risk1, a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Effector, Promotes Rickettsia typhi Intracellular Survival

mBio, 2020
Rickettsia species are Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria that infect a wide range of eukaryotes and vertebrates. In particular, human body louse-borne Rickettsia prowazekii and flea-borne Rickettsia typhi have historically plagued humankind ...
O. Voss, Joseph J Gillespie, Stephanie S. Lehman, Sherri A. Rennoll, Magda Beier-Sexton, M. S. Rahman, A. Azad   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infecção por riquétsias em carrapatos de aves silvestres em duas ecorregiões da Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Borges Costa, Francisco, Diaz, Luis Adrian, Flores, Fernando Sebastián, Labruna, Marcelo Bahía, Nava, Santiago   +4 more
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Rickettsia felis meningoencephalitis in a 10-year-old child: a case report and literature review. [PDF]

BMC Pediatr
Zhang M, Zhu X, Lu X, Jiang L, Chen J, Diao Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]

, 2017
Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael, Huang, Ke, Kelly, Patrick john, Köster, Liza, Li, Jing, Marchi, Silvia, Vandenplas, Michel, Wang, Chengming, Zhang, Jilei   +8 more
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Rickettsia conorii Subspecies israelensis in Captive Baboons

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) may transmit zoonotic vector-borne pathogens to visitors and workers frequenting zoological parks. We molecularly screened 33 baboons for vector-borne pathogens.
Giovanni Sgroi, Roberta Iatta, Grazia Carelli, Annamaria Uva, Maria Alfonsa Cavalera, Piero Laricchiuta, Domenico Otranto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source