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Tick-Tac-Foe: When Ticks, Trade, and Zoonotic Pathogens Align in African Wet Meat Markets. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases account for over ∼60% of infectious diseases and present a significantly growing fatality threat in Africa. Live and wet markets (LWMs) in Africa function as key economic venues that support human livelihoods through social interaction and trade in food stuff, including meat and other animal‐based products.
Munaro AT.
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Molecular Detection of Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma variegatum Collected from Sudan [PDF]

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2015
Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Bashir Salim
exaly   +2 more sources

Molecular detection of Rickettsia africae in Amblyomma ticks collected in cattle from Southern and Central Mozambique

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: Rickettsia are Gram-negative and obligate intracellular bacteria, which cause typhus and spotted fever-like diseases in humans. In Africa, Rickettsia africae of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia (SFGR) is the etiologic agent of the ...
Vlademiro Magaia, Elisa Taviani, Nidia Cangi, Luis Neves   +3 more
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Distribution and Prevalence of Anaplasmataceae, Rickettsiaceae and Coxiellaceae in African Ticks: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Microorganisms, 2023
In Africa, ticks continue to be a major hindrance to the improvement of the livestock industry due to tick-borne pathogens that include Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Coxiella species.
Carlo Andrea Cossu, Nicola E. Collins, Marinda C. Oosthuizen, Maria Luisa Menandro, Raksha Vasantrai Bhoora, Ilse Vorster, Rudi Cassini, Hein Stoltsz, Melvyn Quan, Henriette van Heerden   +9 more
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Rickettsia africae: identifying gaps in the current knowledge on vector-pathogen-host interactions

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Rickettsia africae is a bacterium of zoonotic importance, which causes African tick bite fever (ATBF) in humans. This pathogen is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, with Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum being the major vectors. Tick
Estere Mazhetese, Vlademiro Magaia, Elisa Taviani, Luis Neves, Darshana Morar-Leather   +4 more
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Rickettsia africae in the West Indies

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick-bite fever, a mild but common disease of local persons and tourists in Africa. The major vector of this spotted fever group rickettsia is most likely Amblyomma variegatum, the tropical bont tick, which has ...
Patrick J. Kelly
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Diversity of Ticks in the Caribbean Region and Detection of Their Pathogens Using BioMark Technology. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis
Introduction Ticks and the pathogens they transmit are widespread in Caribbean animal populations. There is; however, limited information on the diversity of ticks and tick‐borne pathogens (TTBPs) in the region. This study aims to identify TTBPs across multiple Caribbean countries using a high‐throughput real‐time microfluidic PCR system.
Charles RA, Albina E, Gondard M, Aprelon R, Galon C, Trotman M, Bowen C, Melville S, Sylvester K, Musai L, Morris M, Oura C, Moutailler S, Georges K.   +13 more
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Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal [PDF]

Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2011
Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and Spain.
Marcelo B. Labruna, Salim Mattar V., Santiago Nava, Sergio Bermudez, Jose M. Venzal, Katia Abarca, Luis Romero, Rita de Sousa, Jose Oteo, Jorge Zavala-Castro   +9 more
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Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2005
Background Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with Rickettsia rickettsii and R. conorii. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a benign disease and no cases of myocardial ...
Ave Anne, Potin Mathieu, Monti Matteo, Bellini Cristina, Bille Jacques, Greub Gilbert   +5 more
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Ticks and Rickettsiae Associated with Wild Animals Sold in Bush Meat Markets in Cameroon

Pathogens, 2023
Ticks are obligate blood-sucking parasites of wild animals and transmit many zoonotic microorganisms that can spread to domesticated animals and then to humans.
Archile Paguem, Kingsley Manchang, Pierre Kamtsap, Alfons Renz, Sabine Schaper, Gerhard Dobler, Deon K. Bakkes, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler   +7 more
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