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Pathogenicity and virulence of Rickettsia
Virulence, 2022 Rickettsiae include diverse Gram-negative microbial species that exhibit obligatory intracellular lifecycles between mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors.
Luke Helminiak +2 more
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Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Murine typhus is a febrile, fleaborne disease caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Cases can range from mild and nonspecific to fatal. We report 2 cases of murine typhus in Costa Rica, confirming the presence and circulation of R.
Diana Chinchilla +4 more
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A rickettsia infection from Saudi Arabia [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 We here present a young patient who developed fever, headache, maculopapular skin rash and an eschar 3 days following a tick bite. Serology for Rickettsia was consistent with acute spotted fever group (SFG) infection.
Fatehi E. Elzein +4 more
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DRP1/DMNL-1-mediated mitochondrial fission augments Rickettsia parkeri replication in macrophages [PDF]
Infection and ImmunityPathogenic Spotted Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsia species, including Rickettsia parkeri, replicate in endothelial cells and macrophages in vitro and during infections in murine models of disease.
Elliott Collins +5 more
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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.
Zhongqiu Teng +7 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 +3 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background Pet dogs are important companion animals that share the environment within households, and play an important role in local community life. In addition, pet dogs also are reservoirs of zoonotic agents, including Rickettsia spp., thus increasing
Jian-Wei Shao +6 more
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Investigation of multiple infections with zoonotic pathogens of rodents in northern Vietnam
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021 Background & objectives: Rodents are important reservoir hosts for several zoonotic pathogens such as Rickettsia, Leptospira and Bartonella. Studies on the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in Vietnam are data deficient, and there is a scarcity of data on
Le Thi Lan Anh +2 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]
, 2020 Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel +9 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 +2 more
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