Indian J Med Res, 2020 Background & objectives: In India, spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) are an underdiagnosed cause of acute febrile illness (AFI). The non-specific Weil-Felix test is the first diagnostic modality for the diagnosis of SFGR in many laboratories due to ...
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Use of eschar swab DNA to diagnose Rickettsia conorii subspecies conorii infection in Crimea: A case report. [PDF]
Infect Med (Beijing), 2023 Alieva EE +5 more
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Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background In rural parts of Africa, dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, roam freely, and usually do not receive prophylactic measures.
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Global Transcriptomic Profiling of Pulmonary Gene Expression in an Experimental Murine Model of Rickettsia conorii Infection. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2019 Mediterranean spotted fever develops from an infection with Rickettsia conorii, an obligate intracellular, Gram-negative, endotheliotropic, and tick-transmitted bacterial pathogen, and is an acute, febrile illness that can progress to life-threatening ...
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to Rickettsia conorii infection.
South African Medical Journal, 2021 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune-mediated acute inflammatory demyelinating disorder, which typically occurs after viral infections or immunisation. We present a case of a man with acute Rickettsia conorii infection whose diagnosis
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[A Rickettsia case caused by Rickettsia conorii].
Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni, 2018 Rickettsia species are gram-negative intracellular, small pleomorphic coccobacilli in the Rickettsiaceae family. This genus is serologically and genotypically divided into four groups as spotted fever group, typhus group, Rickettsia belli and Rickettsia ...
B. Çelebi, M. Yeşilyurt, S. Kılıç
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The Rickettsia conorii Adr1 Interacts with the C-Terminus of Human Vitronectin in a Salt-Sensitive Manner. [PDF]
Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2017 Spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia species are inoculated into the mammalian bloodstream by hematophagous arthropods. Once in the bloodstream and during dissemination, the survival of these pathogens is dependent upon the ability of these bacteria to ...
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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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The dog as an epidemiological marker of Rickettsia conorii infection [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Department of Medicine, Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona(UAB), Barcelona, SpainINTRODUCTIONDogs are considered to be the sentinels of Rick-ettsia conorii infection, which is the causative agentof Mediterranean spotted fever, one of the mostprevalent tick-transmitted disease in our area.
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Transmission of Rickettsia conorii conorii in naturally infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Rickettsia conorii conorii is the causative agent of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) a life-threatening zoonosis that is endemic in Mediterranean countries [1]. In the early 1930s, Olmer supposed that the vector of disease was the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
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