PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 The Rickettsia massiliae was firstly detected and identified in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks infested on dogs in Taiwan. A total of 1154 Rh. sanguineus ticks collected from 158 dogs of four districts of Tainan city were examined for Rickettsia ...
Li-Lian Chao +3 more
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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 +8 more
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Genome sequence-based criteria for demarcation and definition of species in the genus Rickettsia.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2020 Over recent years, genomic information has increasingly been used for prokaryotic species definition and classification. Genome sequence-based alternatives to the gold standard DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) relatedness have been developed, notably average ...
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Tick-borne rickettsiosis in Russia: current issues in the diagnosis
Лечащий Врач, 2023 Background. For many years in Russia, the problem of diagnosing natural focal infectious diseases transmitted by ticks, including rickettsiosis, has persisted.
E. I. Krasnova +5 more
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Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and reflect a neglected symbiosis
GigaScience, 2020 Background Rickettsia are intracellular bacteria best known as the causative agents of human and animal diseases. Although these medically important Rickettsia are often transmitted via haematophagous arthropods, other Rickettsia, such as those in the ...
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Identifying Novel Inhibitors of RpFabG in Typhus-inducing Rickettsia prowazekii [PDF]
, 2019 Epidemic typhus is a rickettsial disease that is contracted via ticks and lice found on the flying squirrel. The disease is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, an intracellular, gram-negative coccobacillus.
Panatpur, Aparna
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Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. [PDF]
, 2020 The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat preferences many of which are of clinical and ecological importance ...
Gronow, Sabine +9 more
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Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia massiliae in Ivory Coast, Africa [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Secteur Ve´te´rinaire de Marseille, Service de Sante´ des Arme´es, Marseille, FranceINTRODUCTIONSpotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are causedby obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteriabelonging to the SFG of the genus Rickettsia. Thesezoonoses are now recognized as importantemerging vector-borne infections of humansworldwide, and share ...
Berrelha, J. +7 more
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Novel Rickettsia genotypes in ticks in French Guiana, South America
Scientific Reports, 2020 Rickettsia are obligate intracellular bacteria often associated with ticks and best known for causing human diseases (rickettsiosis), including typhus fever and sporadic cases of serious infection.
F. Binetruy +3 more
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Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis [PDF]
, 2013 The ecological success of giant celled, siphonous green algae in coastal habitats has repeatedly been linked to endophytic bacteria living within the cytoplasm of the hosts.
De Clerck, Olivier +4 more
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