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Molecular detection of **Rickettsia felis and Candidatus** rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya [PDF]

, 2013
: The flea-borne rickettsioses murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) and flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) (Rickettsia felis) are febrile diseases distributed among humans worldwide.
Laudisoit, Anne, Maina, Alice N., Knobel, Darryn L., Jiang, Ju, et al.   +4 more
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Rickettsia felisin the United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
To the Editor: Rickettsia felis is a bacterium transmitted by the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), which also acts as a reservoir by means of transovarial transmission (1–3). The distribution of R. felis is potentially as wide as that of its insect host, and to date, its presence has been confirmed in cat flea populations in North and South America ...
Martin J. Kenny, Richard J. Birtles, Michael J. Day, Susan E. Shaw   +3 more
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Molecular identification of Rickettsia felis in ticks and fleas from an endemic area for Brazilian Spotted Fever

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
Rickettsioses are arthropod-borne diseases caused by parasites from the Order Rickettsiales. The most prevalent rickettsial disease in Brazil is Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF).
KA Oliveira, LS Oliveira, CCA Dias, A Silva Jr, MR Almeida, G Almada, DH Bouyer, MAM Galvão, CL Mafra   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis from Five Geographic Regions of Brazil [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014
This study evaluated rickettsial infection in 701 Ctenocephalides felis felis fleas that were collected from dogs and cats in 31 municipalities, encompassing all regions and major biomes of Brazil. A total of 268 (38.2%) fleas from 30 municipalities were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for the rickettsial gltA gene.
Mauricio C, Horta, Maria, Ogrzewalska, Milka C, Azevedo, Francisco B, Costa, Fernando, Ferreira, Marcelo B, Labruna   +5 more
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Cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis clade ‘Sydney’) are dominant fleas on dogs and cats in New South Wales, Australia: Presence of flea-borne Rickettsia felis, Bartonella spp. but absence of Coxiella burnetii DNA

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2021
The cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is the most common flea species parasitising both domestic cats and dogs globally. Fleas are known vectors of zoonotic pathogens such as vector-borne Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp.
Holly Hai Huai Huang, Rosemonde Isabella Power, Karen O. Mathews, Gemma C. Ma, Katrina L. Bosward, Jan Šlapeta   +5 more
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Rickettsia felisin Chile

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, Maria Ogrzewalska, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Paulina Lepe, Jose Luis Gallegos, Javier López   +5 more
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An update on the detection and treatment of Rickettsia felis

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2012
Rickettsia felis was described as a human pathogen almost two decades ago, and human infection is currently reported in 18 countries in all continents. The distribution of this species is worldwide, determined by the presence of the main arthropod vector, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché). The list of symptoms, which includes fever, headache, myalgia, and
Hun Opfer, Ruchilia Laya, Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana   +1 more
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Rickettsia felisand Changing Paradigms about Pathogenic Rickettsiae

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
To the Editor: Mediannikov et al. recently reported several features common to the epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria in Africa (1). Similar to the findings of several other recent studies in Africa (2,3), the authors diagnosed R. felis infection in febrile—and to a lesser extent in afebrile—persons by detecting R.
Marcelo B. Labruna, David Walker
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Human Rickettsia felis infections in Mainland China

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
We identified four flea-borne spotted fever cases caused by Rickettsia felis in a retrospective survey of 182 patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO) in China between 2021 and 2022. The clinical signs and symptoms of the patients were similar to those of other rickettsioses, including fever, rash, and liver and kidney dysfunction. All four patients
Zhongqiu Teng, Na Zhao, Ruotong Ren, Ruotong Ren, Xue Zhang, Zhenshan Du, Pengfei Wang, Tian Qin   +7 more
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Rickettsia felis identified in two fatal cases of acute meningoencephalitis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
BackgroundRickettsia felis has recently emerged worldwide as a cause of human illness. Typically causing mild, undifferentiated fever, it has been implicated in several cases of non-fatal neurological disease in Mexico and Sweden.
Arthur H P Mawuntu, Edison Johar, Riane Anggraeni, Feliana Feliana, Janno B B Bernadus, Dodi Safari, Frilasita A Yudhaputri, Rama Dhenni, Yora P Dewi, Cecilia Kato, Ann M Powers, Ronald Rosenberg, Amin Soebandrio, Khin S A Myint   +13 more
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