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Pathogenic, but Not Nonpathogenic, Rickettsia spp. Evade Inflammasome-Dependent IL-1 Responses To Establish an Intracytosolic Replication Niche

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2022
Currently, no vaccines are available to prevent rickettsioses, while vector-borne rickettsial infections in humans are on the rise globally. In fact, the insufficient understanding of how pathogenic Rickettsia species circumvent host immune defense ...
O. Voss   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Molecular Detection of Bacterial Infections of Public Health Importance in Hard Tick (Ixodidae) Nymphs Collected from the Forest Fringes of Western Ghats in the Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra States of India

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
A survey was conducted to determine the human tick-borne bacterial infections in the nymphs which were collected from Western Ghats’ fringe forest areas.
Gnanasekar Ragini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study

open access: yesThe 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   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Rickettsia conorii is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and causes Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in humans. Although dogs are considered the natural host of the vector, the clinical and epidemiological significance of R ...
A Cascio   +69 more
core   +3 more sources

Rickettsia aeschlimanniiInfection, Algeria

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
To the Editor: Only 2 cases of Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection have been reported. We report 2 additional cases documented in Algeria by immunofluorescence (IF) assays and confirmed by Western blot (WB) assays and cross-adsorption studies.
Nora Mokrani   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Bartonella infections in fleas (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) and lack of Bartonellae in ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) from Hungary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Fleas (95 Pulex irritans, 50 Ctenocephalides felis, 45 Ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 Ixodes ricinus, 231 Dermacentor reticulatus, 204 Haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on PCR, for Bartonella ...
Márialigeti, Károly   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Rickettsia slovacaInfection, France

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To the Editor: Rickettsia slovaca was first isolated in 1968 in a Dermacentor marginatus tick collected in Slovakia, and serologic evidence of infection with this bacteria was reported in patients with enlarged lymph nodes and a scalp eschar after being bitten by a tick (1). However, the first proven case of R.
Frédérique Gouriet   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world.
A Alberti   +146 more
core   +4 more sources

Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Xinyang, China, 2014–2017

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
During 2014–2017, we screened for Rickettsia japonica infection in Xinyang, China, and identified 20 cases. The major clinical manifestations of monoinfection were fever, asthenia, myalgia, rash, and anorexia; laboratory findings included ...
Hao Li   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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