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Infection Potential of Rickettsia felis via Ingestion [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia felis is the etiologic agent of flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) in humans and a poorly described cause of fever in animals. It is transmitted by its primary arthropod vector and reservoir host, the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
Schexnayder, Matthew M
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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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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 +1 more
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Rickettsia felis Infection in Febrile Children, Ghana. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2017 Rickettsial infections are an underrecognized cause of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa. To evaluate the epidemiology and clinical features of rickettsial disease in pediatric patients in Ghana, we screened blood samples from febrile children aged less than 15 years presenting to an outpatient department in Ghana's Ashanti Region for the presence ...
Sothmann P +11 more
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Ecology of Rickettsia felis: a review.
Journal of medical entomology, 2009 It has been two decades since the first description of Rickettsia felis, and although a nearly cosmopolitan distribution is now apparent, much of the ecology of this unique microorganism remains unresolved. The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, is currently the only known biological vector of R. felis; however, molecular evidence of R.
REIF, KATHRYN E., MACALUSO, KEVIN R.
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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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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 ...
Maioli, G. +6 more
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Human Infection withRickettsia felis,Kenya
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006-2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were positive for rickettsial DNA as determined by a genus ...
Allen L. Richards +9 more
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Epidemiological and molecular profile of rickettsiosis in Peruvian border locations
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2017 Objectives. To determine the circulation of Rickettsia in the years 2010 and 2011 in border locations in four regions of Peru and their clinical epidemiological and molecular characteristics. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study was carried out
Rosa Palacios-Salvatierra +6 more
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Rickettsia felisInfections, New Zealand
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 To the Editor: Members of the genus Rickettsia have garnered much attention worldwide in recent years with the emergence of newly recognized rickettsioses. In New Zealand, only Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, belonging to the typhus and spotted fever groups, respectively, have so far been found (1). R.
Mei Yin Lim +5 more
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