Diagnosing Rickettsia felis infection with Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyRickettsia felis, an emerging flea-borne pathogen with global distribution potential, is a neglected cause of undifferentiated febrile illness, although reported human cases remain sparse.
Mengyao Liu +8 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 +10 more
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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 & EpidemiologyBackground: 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 +14 more
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Presence of Rickettsia felis in the Cat Flea from Southwestern Europe [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Rickettsia felis, formerly called ELB agent, was identified by using molecular biology techniques in the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) from southwestern Spain.
Francisco J. Márquez +3 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 +4 more
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Seroprevalence of Rickettsia bellii and Rickettsia felis in dogs, São José dos Pinhais, State of Paraná, Brazil Soroprevalência de Rickettsia bellii e Rickettsia felis em cães, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2010 Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a vector-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria. Dogs can be host sentinels for this bacterium. The aim of the study was to determine the presence of antibodies against Rickettsia spp.
Fernanda Silva Fortes +7 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 +7 more
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Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology.
Jose-Luis Pérez-Arellano +8 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.
Miriam Wächter +7 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 +13 more
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