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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Why are there so few Rickettsia conorii conorii-infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in the wild?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BackgroundRickettsia conorii conorii is the etiological agent of Mediterranean spotted fever, which is transmitted by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
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Intraocular inflammation as the main manifestation of Rickettsia conorii infection
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2011 Archimedes LD Agahan1,3, Jenice Torres1, Graciana Fuentes-Páez1, Hernan Martínez-Osorio1, Antonio Orduña2, Margarita Calonge11Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Unit, Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA), 2Microbiology
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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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A case of pleurisy associated with antibodies to Rickettsia conorii [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2003 Rickettsia conorii is endemic in Mediterranean area. We describe an unusual sace of R. Conorii infection, which concerns a farmer with clinical, radiological and cytological findings of pleurisy without evidence of malignancy. An elevated antibody titre for R. Conorii was observed, using an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. After treatment with
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