Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda [PDF]
, 2017 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.-- et al.[Background]: In rural parts of Africa, dogs live in close association with humans and livestock, roam freely, and usually do not receive ...
Caracappa, Santo +4 more
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A Suite of Pathogens Detected in Ticks Sampled From Wildlife Hosts in Central Kenya
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2024.ABSTRACT Opportunistic sampling of ticks from animals during veterinary treatment offers important insights about wildlife exposure to pathogens. Here, we report pathogens and other tick‐borne organisms detected in ticks sampled from 10 animal species in and near Laikipia County, Kenya, in 2014–2016.
Derek McFarland Jr. +6 more
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Development of a duplex real-time PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp. and typhus group rickettsia in clinical samples. [PDF]
, 2011 Molecular diagnosis using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may allow earlier diagnosis of rickettsiosis. We developed a duplex real-time PCR that amplifies (1) DNA of any rickettsial species and (2) DNA of both typhus group rickettsia, that is ...
Cometta, A. +4 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2024.Abstract Habitat fragmentation and host community composition are implicated as key drivers of changing tick populations and tick‐borne pathogen dynamics, altering infection risk through coupled socioecological pathways that mediate interactions between tick vectors, vertebrate hosts, and humans.
Jonathan Bastard +7 more
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Detecção sorológica de riquétsias do grupo da febre maculosa e levantamento acarológico em equinos no Distrito Federal, Brasil [PDF]
, 2014 Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Agronomia e Veterinária, 2014.A febre maculosa brasileira (FMB) é uma zoonose causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii e transmitida a humanos por carrapatos.
Martins, Gustavo Pereira
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Infection Potential of Rickettsia felis via Ingestion [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia felis is the etiologic agent of flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) in humans and a poorly described cause of fever in animals. It is transmitted by its primary arthropod vector and reservoir host, the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
Schexnayder, Matthew M
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Worldwide Presence and Features of Flea-Borne Rickettsia asembonensis
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Rickettsia asembonensis, the most well-characterized rickettsia of the Rickettsia felis-like organisms (RFLO), is relatively unknown within the vector-borne diseases research community.
Alice N. Maina +7 more
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Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in Rat Fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of
Marina E. Eremeeva +7 more
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Anti rickettsia-antibody for spotted fever group in horses and dogs in the North of Paraná Stated, Brazil [PDF]
, 2010 The Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a zoonosis that can be fatal if not trteated. As there are few studies of the BSF in the Paraná State, the occurrence of BSF was serologically investigated in dogs and horses by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA),
GALHARDO, J.A. +6 more
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Rickettsia felis : The Complex Journey of an Emergent Human Pathogen
Trends in Parasitology, 2016 Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is different from other officially recognized rickettsial species. It has multiple genes of different origins, an incubation temperature of less than 32°C, and a conjugative plasmid. This Rickettsia is commonly detected in febrile patients in sub-Saharan Africa. R.
Angelakis, Emmanouil +3 more
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