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Retraction: Molecular Evidence for the Presence of Rickettsia Felis in the Feces of Wild-living African Apes. [PDF]
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Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia bellii in Mosquitoes. [PDF]
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2019 To add to the limited information on Rickettsia in mosquitoes in China, we carried out a PCR survey on convenience samples of 3051 mosquitoes collected with hand nets in and around domestic dwellings in 25 provinces.
Jilei Zhang +13 more
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Global emergence of Rickettsia felis infections: the hidden threat in pets and their fleas
Microbiology AustraliaThe globally emerging pathogen Rickettsia felis uses the cat flea as a biological vector and can cause serious infections in humans. Rickettsia felis can be transmitted to numerous mammalian hosts, but to date, only dogs have been demonstrated as an ...
Lucas G. Huggins, Vito Colella
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 To the Editor: Rickettsiosis due to Rickettsia felis is an emerging disease that has been reported worldwide (1). Fever, headache, myalgia, and macular rash have been attributed to R. felis infection in humans (1). In South America, R. felis infection in fleas (mostly Ctenocephalides spp.) has been reported only in Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay (2–3 ...
Marcelo B. Labruna +5 more
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First detection of Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis fleas from Italy [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Members of the genus Rickettsia are commonly associated with haematophagous arthropods such as ticks, fleas or lice. Rickettsia felis is a bacterium belonging to the spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. It was first detected by Adams et al. in 1990 [1] in the midgut cells of a cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), and was later described as a new ...
Giulia Maioli +6 more
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Rickettsia felisin 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 citrate synthase and outer membrane protein A genes.
Drew Schloderer +4 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 To the Editor: A spay–neuter (sterilization) program for feral cats from Basseterre, the capital of the Caribbean Island St. Kitts, found that most (45/58; 66%) cats had antibodies to spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR). The antibodies were detected with Rickettsia rickettsii antigen in a standard microimmunofluorescence assay (1). Titers for 13 (20%
Patrick J. Kelly +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Surveillance of the fleas and flea-borne pathogens infecting cats is important for both human and animal health. Multiple zoonotic Bartonella and Rickettsia species are known to infect the most common flea infesting cats and dogs worldwide ...
Charlotte Moore +6 more
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Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia massiliae in Ivory Coast, Africa [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009 Secteur Ve´te´rinaire de Marseille, Service de Sante´ des Arme´es, Marseille, FranceINTRODUCTIONSpotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are causedby obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteriabelonging to the SFG of the genus Rickettsia. Thesezoonoses are now recognized as importantemerging vector-borne infections of humansworldwide, and share ...
Berrelha, J. +7 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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