Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Tick‐borne diseases affecting domestic animals and humans have increased globally in recent years. Pakistan, in particular, faces a significant economic threat from ticks, where two specific species, Rhipicephalus microplus and Hyalomma anatolicum, act as vectors for various pathogens such as piroplasma, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia that pose a
Sabir Hussain +11 more
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Actin Motility: Formin a SCAry Tail [PDF]
, 2011 SummaryA new biochemical analysis has revealed that the Rickettsia bacterial protein Sca2 — recently shown to be essential for virulence and actin-dependent motility — assembles actin filaments using a mechanism that functionally resembles the processive
Alberts, Art, Way, Michael
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Mediterranean spotted fever and peripheral facial nerve palsy: a rare neurological complication
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) caused by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii is one of the oldest known tick-borne diseases. It is transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and occurs mainly in the Mediterranean area.
Hayet Bouchaib +4 more
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Evasion of autophagy mediated by Rickettsia surface protein OmpB is critical for virulence. [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia are obligate intracellular bacteria that evade antimicrobial autophagy in the host cell cytosol by unknown mechanisms. Other cytosolic pathogens block different steps of autophagy targeting, including the initial step of polyubiquitin-coat ...
Burke, Thomas P +9 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 +13 more
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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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New Microbes and New Infections, 2020 The occurrence of Mediterranean fever with periods of increase and decrease has been recorded in the Crimean peninsula. The city of Sevastopol and its vicinity are known endemic areas for this disease. Some of the most active agents in the spread of this
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Questions on Mediterranean Spotted Fever a Century after Its Discovery
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) was first described in 1910. Twenty years later, it was recognized as a rickettsial disease transmitted by the brown dog tick.
Clarisse Rovery +2 more
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Serological differentiation of antibodies against Rickettsia helvetica, R. raoultii, R. slovaca, R. monacensis and R. felis in dogs from Germany by a micro-immunofluorescent antibody test [PDF]
, 2015 Background Spotted Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsiae can cause febrile diseases with or without rash in humans worldwide. In Germany only limited data are available about their medical significance.
Dobler, Gerhard +7 more
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High-throughput screening of tick-borne pathogens in Europe [PDF]
, 2014 Due to increased travel, climatic, and environmental changes, the incidence of tick-borne disease in both humans and animals is increasing throughout Europe. Therefore, extended surveillance tools are desirable. To accurately screen tick-borne pathogens (
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