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Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Canary Islands, Spain
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.
Jose-Luis Pérez-Arellano +8 more
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Rickettsia felis, an Emerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis [PDF]
Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2016 Rickettsia felis is an emerging insect-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever. First described as a human pathogen from the USA in 1991, R. felis is now identified throughout the world and considered a common cause of fever in Africa.
Kevin R Macaluso
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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
Graves, Stephen +18 more
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Caso probable de fiebre manchada (Rickettsia felis) transmitida por pulgas
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2013 Rickettsia felis es el agente etiológico de la fiebre manchada transmitida por pulgas, cuyo principal vector y reservorio es Ctenocephalides felis. Típicamente, la enfermedad se presenta como fiebre aguda asociada a cefalea, astenia, exantema máculo ...
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez +7 more
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Parallel decline of malaria and Rickettsia felis infections in Senegal [PDF]
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018 Rickettsia felis is a common emerging pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparing dynamics of morbidities due to malaria and R. felis infections in two Senegalese villages, we found a strong and significant correlation between them.
Sokhna, Cheikh +5 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015 Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents.
Gaspar PENICHE-LARA +3 more
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Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 UNLABELLED:Little is known about the presence/absence and prevalence of Rickettsia spp, Bartonella spp. and Yersinia pestis in domestic and urban flea populations in tropical and subtropical African countries.
Hamza Leulmi +7 more
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Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2013 Background: Cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, are known biological vectors for Rickettsia felis. Rickettsial transmission can be vertical via transovarial transmission within a flea population, as well as horizontal between fleas through a bloodmeal. The
Lane D Foil +9 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.
Emmanouil Angelakis +2 more
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, 1997 A study was performed to determine the life cycle of Rickettsia felis, a novel bacterium associated with cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis Bouche). Cat flea populations maintain R.
Wedincamp, Jimmy, Jr
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