New Real-Time PCRs to Differentiate Rickettsia spp. and Rickettsia conorii [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Rickettsia species are an important cause of emerging infectious diseases in people and animals, and rickettsiosis is one of the oldest known vector-borne diseases. Laboratory diagnosis of Rickettsia is complex and time-consuming. This study was aimed at
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Rickettsia conorii infection with fatal complication [PDF]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2022 Rickettsial diseases (RD) are a group of endotheliotropic infectious diseases caused by different species of genera Rickettsia. RD are not an uncommon disease and may be misdiagnosed during the evaluation of acute febrile illness due to a lack of ...
Sanjoli Chugh +5 more
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Investigation of Rickettsia conorii in Patients Suspected of Having Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Rickettsia conorii is the causative agent of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). Misdiagnosis of MSF may occur with febrile syndromes associated with rash and thrombocytopenia, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF).
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Proposal to create subspecies of
BMC Microbiology, 2005 Background Rickettsiae closely related to the Malish strain, the reference Rickettsia conorii strain, include Indian tick typhus rickettsia (ITTR), Israeli spotted fever rickettsia (ISFR), and Astrakhan fever rickettsia (AFR).
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The presence of foci of Rickettsia conorii infection in China [PDF]
Infectious Medicine, 2023 China is not considered as an endemic area of Rickettsia conorii, so there is no routine clinical way to diagnose this infection. This study aims to determine whether 2 febrile patients who had a tick bite in East China were indeed infected with R ...
Nannan Xu +6 more
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First Report of Rickettsia conorii in Hyalomma kumari Ticks [PDF]
Animals, 2023 As a vector of wide range of pathogenic agents, ticks pose health threats to wild and domestic animals, and humans. Information is unavailable about the prevalence and spatial survey of Hyalomma kumari ticks and associated Rickettsia spp.
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia conorii infections in the Canary Islands (Spain) [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011 The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of past infection due to Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia conorii in the Canary Islands (Spain).A representative sample of the population of the seven islands, formed of 662 people aged between 5 and 75 years (368 females, 294 males), was analyzed.
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Use of eschar swab DNA to diagnose Rickettsia conorii subspecies conorii infection in Crimea: A case report [PDF]
Infectious Medicine, 2023 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) has been diagnosed clinically in the Crimean Peninsula since the 1930s. We describe the recent illness of an elderly patient from Crimea who had developed a classic triad of MSF symptoms consisting of fever ...
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Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection: a case report from southeast Iran [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a zoonotic and vector-borne disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. We report a case (36 year-old-woman) of MSF caused by Rickettsia conorii from Iran.
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Small Regulatory RNAs of Rickettsia conorii. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 AbstractSmall regulatory RNAs comprise critically important modulators of gene expression in bacteria, yet very little is known about their prevalence and functions in Rickettsia species. R. conorii, the causative agent of Mediterranean spotted fever, is a tick-borne pathogen that primarily infects microvascular endothelium in humans.
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