Rickettsia felis in fleas, Western Australia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 This study is the first confirmation of Rickettsia felis in Australia. The organism was identified from 4 species of fleas obtained from dogs and cats in Western Australia, by using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DNA sequencing of the ...
Helen Owen +14 more
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Rickettsia felis in the Americas
Annals 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 ...
Claudio Mafra +2 more
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Infection by Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis Fleas from North of Colombia
Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2019 Background: Rickettsia felis is an emergent Rickettsial agent whose main vector is Ctenocephalides felis, but ticks, mites and lice are also infected. We aimed to search for molecular evidence of Rickettsia spp.
Verónica Contreras +6 more
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`Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis’ and Wolbachia spp. in Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans fleas removed from dogs in Ecuador [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Flea-borne infections are distributed worldwide. Up to date there are no reports about microorganisms associated to fleas in Ecuador. Methods Seventy-one Pulex irritans and 8 Ctenocephalides felis fleas were removed from dogs in two Ecuadorian
José A Oteo +5 more
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Neurosyphilis complicated with Rickettsia felis infection: one case report and literature review
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023 Objective To report a case of neurosyphilis complicated with Rickettsia felis infection, and summarize the clinical manifestations, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and imaging characteristics.
Na WANG +5 more
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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.
Rees Robert L +5 more
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Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis
Molecular 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.
Lane D Foil, Kevin R Macaluso
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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 investigations of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) provide the first evidence of Rickettsia felis in Malta and Candidatus Rickettsia senegalensis in Israel [PDF]
New Microbes and New Infections, 2018 Rickettsia felis, the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever, occurs on all continents except Antarctica, owing to the cosmopolitan distribution of its cat flea vector. In this study, cat fleas were collected in two countries where the occurrence of
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Rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis, Java, Indonesia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, etiologic agents of murine typhus and fleaborne spotted fever, respectively, were detected in Oriental rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from rodents and shrews in Java, Indonesia. We describe the first evidence of R.
Ju Jiang +5 more
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