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Rickettsia slovaca Infection: DEBONEL/TIBOLA [PDF]

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Abstract:  This study describes the epidemiological, clinical, and microbiological characteristics of a new tick‐borne disease in Spain—Dermacentor‐borne necrosis erythema lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL). The clinical presentations include an eschar at the site of the tick bite, surrounded by an erythema and painful regional lymphadenopathy.
Ibarra, V., Oteo, J. A., Portillo, A., Santibáñez, S., Blanco, J. R., Metola, L, Eiros Bouza, José María, Pérez Martínez, L., Sanz, M.   +8 more
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Pristinamycin forRickettsia africaeInfection [PDF]

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2009
African tick bite fever is caused by Rickettsia africae. The number of reported cases in international travelers has significantly increased recently. The gold standard treatment is doxycycline. Here, we present a case of R africae infection associated with quick complete resolution following the initiation of pristinamycin therapy.
Méchaï, Frédéric, Han, Yue, Gachot, Bertrand, Consigny, Paul-Henri, Viard, Jean Paul, Lecuit, Marc, Lortholary, Olivier   +6 more
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks in eastern and southern Kazakhstan

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae represent a worldwide health problem, characterized by persistent high fever, headache, and rash in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Qiaoyan Dong, Meihua Yang, Fengshi Li, Yuqing Jia, Kadyken Rizabek, Kenesbay Kairullayev, Otarbayev Bauyrzhan, Ketan Adil, Kazkhan Oralhazi, Yuanzhi Wang   +9 more
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Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
In 2016, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae was diagnosed for a man in Turkey. He had been bitten by a Hyalomma marginatum tick, from which PCR detected rickettsial DNA. Sequence analysis of the DNA identified R. sibirica mongolitimonae. Immunofluorescence assay of patient serum indicated R. conorii, which cross-reacts.
Ferit Kuscu, Omer Orkun, Aslihan Ulu, Behice Kurtaran, Suheyla Komur, A. Seza Inal, Damla Erdogan, Yesim Tasova, Hasan S.Z. Aksu   +8 more
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Rickettsia conorii infection with fatal complication

Autopsy Case Reports, 2022
Rickettsial diseases (RD) are a group of endotheliotropic infectious diseases caused by different species of genera Rickettsia. RD are not an uncommon disease and may be misdiagnosed during the evaluation of acute febrile illness due to a lack of reliable serological marker and diagnostic culture methods.
Chugh, Sanjoli, Kumari, Priyanka, Goel, Shriya, Biswal, Manisha, Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Sekar, Aravind   +5 more
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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

Microorganisms, 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, Hari Kishan Raju, Ranganathan Krishnamoorthi, Ayyanar Elango, Subramanian Muthukumaravel, Ashwani Kumar   +5 more
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Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus Sensu Lato) Infection with Endosymbiont and Human Pathogenic Rickettsia spp., in Northeastern México

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Of the documented tick-borne diseases infecting humans in México, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is responsible for most fatalities. Given recent evidence of brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus
Jordan Salomon, N. A. Fernandez Santos, Italo B Zecca, J. Estrada-Franco, Edward Davila, G. Hamer, M. R. Rodriguez Perez, S. Hamer   +7 more
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Pathogenic, but Not Nonpathogenic, Rickettsia spp. Evade Inflammasome-Dependent IL-1 Responses To Establish an Intracytosolic Replication Niche

bioRxiv, 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, Jennifer Cobb, H. Gaytan, Natalia Rivera Díaz, R. Sanchez, L. Detolla, M. S. Rahman, A. Azad   +7 more
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Rickettsia aeschlimanniiInfection, Algeria

Emerging 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, Philippe Parola, Soraya Tebbal, Mokhtar Dalichaouche, Ahmed Aouati, Didier Raoult   +5 more
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Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]

, 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, A Estrada-Pena, A Mannelli, A Mura, A Ortuno, A Rojas, A Torina, A Torina, A Torina, A Znazen, Alessandra Caprì, AM Gasser, BA Stillman, C Colomba, C Riera, C Rovery, CP Ober, D Otranto, D Otranto, D Otranto, E Beeler, E Sanger, EB Breitschwerdt, F Segura-Porta, FJ Marquez, G Baneth, G Baneth, G Baneth, G Vitale, GB Andrade, GM Giammanco, GM Giammanco, H Inokuma, J Fuente de la, JC Garcia-Garcia, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, Laia Solano-Gallego, M Bernabeu-Wittel, M Rene-Martellet, M Sarih, Marco Caldin, Maria Grazia Pennisi, ME Eremeeva, ME Mylonakis, Michele Trotta, ML Levin, ML Levin, N Alexandre, N Cardenosa, NY Salem, P Brouqui, P Brouqui, P Parola, P Parola, PJ Kelly, S Delgado, S Harrus, S Harrus, S Santibanez, SE Little, T Beninati, T Furlanello, Tommaso Furlanello, WL Nicholson   +69 more
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