Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis in Fleas of Companion Animals in East Texas. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022 Flea-borne spotted fever is an emerging insect-borne rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia felis and has been identified worldwide. This study sought to explore the prevalence of rickettsiae associated with fleas on companion dogs and cats from ...
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Rickettsia felis and Other Rickettsia Species in Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in North Carolina, USA. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Chiggers are vectors of rickettsial pathogenic bacteria, Orientia spp., that cause the human disease, scrub typhus, in the Asian–Pacific area and northern Australia (known as the Tsutsugamushi Triangle).
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Rickettsia felis infection in cat fleas Ctenocephalides felis felis [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2010 The present study evaluated the rickettsial infection in a laboratory colony of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche) in Brazil. All flea samples (30 eggs, 30 larvae, 30 cocoons, 30 males, and 30 females) tested by polymerase chain reaction ...
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High Genetic Diversity and Rickettsia felis in Pediculus humanus Lice Infesting Mbuti (pygmy people), -Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]
Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2022 Pediculus humanus is an obligate bloodsucking parasite of humans that has two ecotypes, the head louse and the body louse, which share an intimate history of coevolution with their human host.
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Dynamic gene expression in salivary glands of the cat flea during Rickettsia felis infection. [PDF]
Pathog Dis, 2021 The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, is an arthropod vector capable of transmitting several human pathogens including Rickettsia species. Earlier studies identified Rickettsia felis in the salivary glands of the cat flea and transmission of rickettsiae ...
Danchenko M, Laukaitis HJ, Macaluso KR.
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Domestic dogs are mammalian reservoirs for the emerging zoonosis flea-borne spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia felis. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is being increasingly recognized as an etiological agent of human rickettsial disease globally.
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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.
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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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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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Molecular Evidence of Rickettsia felis in Phereoeca sp. [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium capable of infecting ticks, fleas, lice, and other arthropods. This bacterium is classified as a member of the Transitional Group (TRG) Rickettsia. It is known the evidence of R.
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