Results 151 to 160 of about 3,305 (177)

Improved Detection and Sequencing of Rickettsia spp. DNA in South African Wildlife. [PDF]

open access: yesVet Med Sci
Cossu CA   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rickettsia felis in the Americas [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
The authors describe their work in the Americas in Rickettsia felis cases in humans and the presence of Rickettsia felis in ...
David Walker
exaly   +2 more sources

Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatán

Lancet, The, 2000
Summary Three patients with fever, exanthem, headache, and central-nervous-system involvement were diagnosed with Rickettsia felis infection by specific PCR of blood or skin and seroconversion to surrogate Rickettsia antigens. Although R felis's relationship to other Rickettsia species is known and the pathogenic potential of this clade is ...
David Walker, Jorge E Zavala-Velázquez
exaly   +2 more sources

Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis [PDF]

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, 2011
Rickettsia felis is a rickettsial pathogen primarily associated with the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. Although laboratory studies have confirmed that R. felis is maintained by transstadial and transovarial transmission in C.
CHUTIMA THEPPARIT   +7 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Rickettsia felis in the Americas

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Abstract:  The authors describe their work in the Americas in Rickettsia felis cases in humans and the presence of Rickettsia felis in vectors.
M A M, Galvão   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Rickettsia felis : The Complex Journey of an Emergent Human Pathogen

open access: yesTrends 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.
Oleg Mediannikov   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis from Argentina

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2008
This article reports on the detection of Rickettsia felis in Argentina in Ctenocephalides felis fleas collected from a dog and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and DNA sequencing.
Santiago, Nava   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Potential exposure of humans to Rickettsia felis in Greece

Acta Tropica, 2018
Rickettsia felis is a flea-transmitted pathogen however, in Greece, much work has been done on another flea-borne pathogen, R. typhi; human cases have been described and high-risk areas have been characterized. Nevertheless, little is known about human infections caused by R.
Dimosthenis, Chochlakis   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy