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Laboratory Diagnostics of Rickettsia Infections in Denmark 2008–2015 [PDF]

Biology, 2020
Rickettsiosis is a vector-borne disease caused by bacterial species in the genus Rickettsia. Ticks in Scandinavia are reported to be infected with Rickettsia, yet only a few Scandinavian human cases are described, and rickettsiosis is poorly understood ...
Susanne Schjørring, Martin Tugwell Jepsen, Camilla Adler Sørensen, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Bjørn Kantsø, Randi Føns Petersen, Ole Skovgaard, Karen A. Krogfelt   +7 more
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Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi), and leptospirosis are common causes of febrile illness in Asia; meningitis and meningoencephalitis are severe complications.
Sabine Dittrich, PhD, Sayaphet Rattanavong, MD, Sue J Lee, PhD, Phonepasith Panyanivong, Scott B Craig, PhD, Suhella M Tulsiani, PhD, Stuart D Blacksell, PhD, David A B Dance, FRCPath, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, PhD, Amphone Sengduangphachanh, Phonelavanh Phoumin, Daniel H Paris, MD, Dr, Prof. Paul N Newton, MRCP   +12 more
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Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodid ticks collected from domestic animals in southeast Iran [PDF]

New Microbes and New Infections
Background: Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) pose a significant threat to livestock production in Kerman Province, Iran. Despite the high prevalence of TBPs, our understanding of specific pathogens circulating within local tick populations remains limited ...
Shahin seidi, Mina Latifian, Safoura Moradkasani, Ali Ghorbani, Mina Arabian, Mohammad khalili, Saber Esmaeili   +6 more
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Eco-Epidemiological Study of Seropositivity Against Rickettsia and Leptospira Agents in Rural Areas of Urabá, Colombia. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
ABSTRACT Introduction Rickettsioses and leptospirosis are infectious diseases often underdiagnosed due to limited knowledge about their epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical aspects. Objectives To characterize the seroprevalence and seroincidence of Rickettsia and Leptospira agents and determine their associated factors in rural areas of Urabá ...
Torres-Bustamante M, Cantillo-Barraza O, Ko AI, Wunder EA, Quintero-Vélez JC.   +4 more
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Human Infections with Rickettsia raoultii, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
We used molecular methods to identify Rickettsia raoultii infections in 2 persons in China. These persons had localized rashes around sites of tick bites. R.
Na Jia, Yuan-Chun Zheng, Lan Ma, Qiu-Bo Huo, Xue-Bing Ni, Bao-Gui Jiang, Yan-Li Chu, Rui-Ruo Jiang, Jia-Fu Jiang, Wu-Chun Cao   +9 more
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Improved Case Detection of Fleaborne Typhus by PCR Testing, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2022–2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Fleaborne typhus (FBT) is reemerging as a significant cause of febrile illness in southern California, USA. We performed enhanced testing on low-titer Rickettsia typhi antibody–positive specimens from patients with FBT-compatible illness reported in Los
Armine Sanosyan, Zuelma A. Contreras, Van Ngo, Michael K. Brown, Nicole M. Green, Lee A. Borenstein, Jill K. Hacker, Will S. Probert, Alexa C. Quintana, Monica P. Haw, Umme-Aiman Halai   +10 more
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Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella henselae, and related zoonotic agents in fleas from domestic cats (Felis catus) from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Flea-borne rickettsiosis and bartonellosis are emerging diseases in humans and animals. There is increasing concern for the emergence of Rickettsia typhi (agent of murine typhus or flea-borne typhus) in humans of southern USA, for which cats ...
Sujata Balasubramanian, Italo B. Zecca, Allyson Koger, Sarah A. Hamer   +3 more
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Molecular Detection and Genetic Identification of Rickettsia Infection in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, an Incriminated Vector for Geographical Transmission in Taiwan

Microorganisms, 2021
Tick-borne Rickettsia pathogens have become an emerging source of zoonotic infections and have a major impact on human health worldwide. In this study, the prevalence and genetic identity of Rickettsia infections in Ixodes granulatus ticks was firstly ...
Chien-Ming Shih, Pei-Wen Yang, Li-Lian Chao   +2 more
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Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks Collected from Wild Ungulates in North-Eastern Poland

Pathogens, 2021
This study was carried out in north-eastern Poland during two hunting seasons between 2018 and 2020. Ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus) were removed from wild cervids and boars and examined for the presence of Borrelia spirochetes and ...
Mirosław M. Michalski, Katarzyna Kubiak, Magdalena Szczotko, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk   +3 more
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICKETTSIOSES RESEARCH IN COLOMBIA (1917-1943), LUIS B. PATIÑO CAMARGO

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016
Colombian physician Luis Benigno Patiño Camargo was one of the pioneers in the study of rickettsioses in South America, demonstrating for the first time in Colombia the presence of Rickettsia rickettsii as the etiological agent of a highly deadly ...
Álvaro A. FACCINI-MARTÍNEZ, Carlos A. BOTERO-GARCÍA, Marylin HIDALGO   +2 more
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