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Molecular detection and characterization of Rickettsia felis, R. asembonensis, and Yersinia pestis from peri-domestic fleas in Uganda [PDF]

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
Background: Fleas transmit a variety of zoonotic agents whose epidemiology and public health risk remains poorly understood in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda particularly outside plague-endemic areas.
Wilfred Eneku, Bernard Erima, Anatoli Byaruhanga Maranda, Nora Cleary Gillian, Gladys Atim, Titus Tugume, Qouilazoni Ukuli Aquino, Hannah Kibuuka, Edison Mworozi, Christina Douglas, Jeffrey Koehler William, Michael von Fricken Emery, Robert Tweyongyere, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Denis Byarugaba Karuhize   +14 more
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in dogs, rodents and cat fleas in Zambia [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Flea-borne spotted fever is a zoonosis caused by Rickettsia felis, a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium. The disease has a worldwide distribution including western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa where it is associated with febrile ...
Lavel Chinyama Moonga, Kyoko Hayashida, Ryo Nakao, Malimba Lisulo, Chiho Kaneko, Ichiro Nakamura, Yuki Eshita, Aaron S. Mweene, Boniface Namangala, Chihiro Sugimoto, Junya Yamagishi   +10 more
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Rickettsia felis DNA recovered from a child who lived in southern Africa 2000 years ago [PDF]

Communications Biology, 2023
Ancient genomic evidence for Rickettsia felis presence in human remains from 2000 years ago reframes previous hypotheses of R. felis as a novel or emergent pathogen in modern humans.
Riaan F. Rifkin, Surendra Vikram, Jaime Alcorta, Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Don A. Cowan, Mattias Jakobsson, Carina M. Schlebusch, Marlize Lombard   +7 more
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Molecular Evidence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. raoultii and Rickettsia felis in Haemaphysalis intermedia Ticks in Sirumalai, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, South India. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Rickettsia is an important pathogenic entity among tick-borne diseases (TBD), which are considered serious emerging public health problems globally.
Nallan K, Ayyavu V, Ayyanar E, Thirupathi B, Gupta B, Devaraju P, Kumar A, Rajaiah P.   +7 more
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Neglected human Rickettsia felis infection in Taiwan: A retrospective seroepidemiological survey of patients with suspected rickettsioses. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundCurrent knowledge on Rickettsia felis infection in humans is based on sporadic case reports. Here we conducted a retrospective seroepidemiological survey of R.
Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Pei-Yun Shu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang   +4 more
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Diagnosis of a Rare Rickettsia felis Infection Complicated with Unusual Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Using an mNGS Test [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
The occurrence of sporadic rickettsial infections has been consistently undervalued and overlooked, primarily owing to a limited emphasis on routine examinations for rickettsioses in clinical practice.
Tien-Lung Po, Chien-Hsien Huang, Chia-Hsun Lin, Huei-Fong Hung   +3 more
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Rickettsia felis identified in two fatal cases of acute meningoencephalitis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BackgroundRickettsia felis has recently emerged worldwide as a cause of human illness. Typically causing mild, undifferentiated fever, it has been implicated in several cases of non-fatal neurological disease in Mexico and Sweden.
Arthur H P Mawuntu, Edison Johar, Riane Anggraeni, Feliana Feliana, Janno B B Bernadus, Dodi Safari, Frilasita A Yudhaputri, Rama Dhenni, Yora P Dewi, Cecilia Kato, Ann M Powers, Ronald Rosenberg, Amin Soebandrio, Khin S A Myint   +13 more
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Prediction of potential drug targets and key inhibitors (ZINC67974679, ZINC67982856, and ZINC05668040) against Rickettsia felis using integrated computational approaches. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Rickettsia felis, responsible for flea-borne spotted fever, is a rising zoonotic pathogen posing an increasing global threat due to its expanding geographical distribution.
Rahman S, Liu H, Shah M, Almutairi MM, Liaqat I, Tanaka T, Chen CC, Alouffi A, Ali A.   +8 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

First Report on the Molecular Detection and Characterization of <i>Rickettsia felis</i> in Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Mites in Malaysia. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Simple Summary This study investigates the presence of Rickettsia bacteria, which cause diseases transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks, mites, and fleas.
Mohamad Tahir H, Ernieenor FCL, Abidin SZ, Narainasamy VV, Ahamad M.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Human Rickettsia felis infections in Mainland China. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2022
We identified four flea-borne spotted fever cases caused by Rickettsia felis in a retrospective survey of 182 patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO) in China between 2021 and 2022.
Teng Z, Zhao N, Ren R, Zhang X, Du Z, Wang P, Qin T.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources