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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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Seasonal and Gender Differences in Presence of Rickettsia felis and Blood meals Provide Additional Evidence of a Vector Role for Mosquitoes [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019 Rickettsia felis belongs to spotted fever group Rickettsia and is an emerging human pathogen most commonly transmitted by a range of fleas and ticks. While recent evidence has suggested mosquitoes are infected with R.
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Molecular evidence of
Parasites & Vectors, 2011 The prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in dogs from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory (NT) was determined using molecular tools.
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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.
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Evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis in Australian patients. [PDF]
One Health, 2016 Rickettsia felis is an emerging zoonosis, causing flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF). Serological diagnosis is typically confounded by cross-reactivity with typhus group rickettsiae and prior to the development of specific serological methods, cases of FBSF
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Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in Australian veterinarians. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2017 BACKGROUND: Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi are emerging arthropod-borne zoonoses causing fever and flu-like symptoms. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with exposure to these organisms was explored in Australian veterinarians.
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