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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.
Cristina Socolovschi, Jean Gaudart, Idir Bitam, Thi Phong Huynh, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola   +5 more
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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
Orduña A, Martínez-Osorio H, Fuentes-Páez G, Torres J, Agahan ALD, Calonge M   +5 more
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Ocular manifestations of Rickettsia conorii in South India.

Indian J Ophthalmol, 2018
Among the major groups of rickettsiosis, the commonly reported diseases in India are: (a) Typhus group induced-scrub typhus, murine flea-borne typhus; (b) Spotted fever group induced-Indian tick typhus; and (c) Q fever. Though many scrub typhus outbreaks have been reported from India, only one outbreak of spotted fever-serologically proven Indian tick ...
Balasundaram MB, Manjunath M, Baliga G, Kapadi F.   +3 more
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Púrpura retiforme secundaria a rickettsia conorii

Galicia Clínica, 2023
Retiform purpura consists of branching purpuric lesions caused by a complete blockage of blood flow in the dermal/subcutaneous vasculature. It is an acute life-threatening disorder characterized by intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of ...
David Ferreira, João Cruz Cardoso, Lucília Pessoa, Nuno Catroze   +3 more
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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
Alexiou-Daniel, S., Tea, A., Ilonidis, G., Antoniadis, A.   +3 more
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Rickettsiosis cutáneo ganglionar por Rickettsia conorii en el Uruguay Cutaneous-ganglionar rickettsiosis by Rickettsia conorii in Uruguay

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1990
Se refieren 3 casos autóctonos de rickettsiosis cutáneo ganglionar trasmitidos por garrapatas de perros (Amblyomma maculatum, en uno de ellos) en el Uruguay.
Ismael A. Conti-Diaz, Ivonne Rubio, Raúl E. Somma Moreira, Graciela Pérez Bórmida   +3 more
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Meningite Asséptica por Rickettsia conorii: Importância da Repetição do Doseamento dos Títulos de Anticorpos

Gazeta Médica, 2017
A infeção por Rickettsia conorii é uma etiologia rara de meningite asséptica: inflamação das leptomeninges sem isolamento de agente no líquido cefalorraquidiano e com quadro clínico benigno.
Ana Paula Cruz Pacheco, Joana Sotto Mayor, Margarida Robalo, Ricardo Pinto Alves, Sofia Esperança   +4 more
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First Evidence of Rickettsia conorii Infection in Dogs in Northern Tunisia [PDF]

Veterinary Sciences
A cross-sectional study was carried out, between April 2021 and June 2022, to understand the role of dogs in the circulation of rickettsiosis in Tunisia.
Zeyneb Gharbi, Ahmed Ouni, Ghofrane Balti, Ali Bouattour, Ahmed Chabchoub, Youmna M’ghirbi   +5 more
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Rickettsia conorii Transcriptional Response within Inoculation Eschar

PLoS ONE, 2008
Rickettsia conorii, the causative agent of the Mediterranean spotted fever, is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus. The skin thus constitutes an important barrier for the entry and propagation of R. conorii. Given this, analysis of the survival strategies used by the bacterium within infected skin is critical ...
Renesto, Patricia, Rovery, Clarisse, Schrenzel, Jacques, Leroy, Quentin, Huyghe, Antoine, Li, Wenjun, Lepidi, Hubert, Francois, Patrice, Raoult, Didier   +8 more
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TlyC, a conserved hemolysin in Rickettsia, contributes to spotted fever pathogenesis in mice [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum
Rickettsia circulates between mammalian hosts and hematophagous arthropod vectors by exploiting their intracellular environment. With advances in rickettsial genetic tools, recent studies have identified novel molecular mechanisms involved in Rickettsia ...
Luke Helminiak, Smruti Mishra, Ivy Lu, Hwan Keun Kim   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources