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Rickettsia felis, an Emerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent 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.
Brown, Lisa D., Macaluso, Kevin R.
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An epidemiological and serological study of Rickettsia in Western Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The study was aimed at investigating Western Australian rickettsiae, delving deeper into the epidemiology of a recently described rickettsia, Rickettsia gravesii, and any other rickettsiae lurking in the Western Australian bush. Prior to the discovery of
Abdad, Mohammad
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Rickettsiales and rickettsial diseases in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Currently, there are 12 known Rickettsiales species in Australia. However research into the diversity and range of these agents in Australia is still far from complete.
Izzard, Leonard
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Molecular evidence for the presence of Rickettsia Felis in the feces of wild-living African apes. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Rickettsia felis is a common emerging pathogen detected in mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that, as with malaria, great apes may be exposed to the infectious bite of infected mosquitoes and release R.
Alpha Kabinet Keita   +12 more
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Identification of microbial taxa present in Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea) reveals widespread co-infection and associations with vector phylogeny

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea, is the most common ectoparasite of cats and dogs worldwide. As a cause of flea allergy dermatitis and a vector for two genera of zoonotic pathogens (Bartonella and Rickettsia spp.), the effect of the C ...
Charlotte Manvell   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts.
Owen, Helen Clare
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Molecular Detection of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia bellii in Mosquitoes [PDF]

open access: yesVector-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
openaire   +2 more sources

Rickettsial seropositivity in the indigenous community and animal farm workers, and vector surveillance in Peninsular Malaysia

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections, 2017
Rickettsioses are emerging zoonotic diseases that are often neglected in many countries in Southeast Asia. Rickettsial agents are transmitted to humans through exposure to infected arthropods.
Kai Ling Kho   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular detection of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in fleas from Algeria [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009
With the exception of the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis and Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, fleas and human flea-borne infections have been scarcely studied in Algeria [1]. Murine typhus, a typhus group rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia typhi and transmitted by X.
Bitam, I.   +5 more
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Rickettsia felis burden in the tropics [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
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