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Underdiagnoses of Rickettsia in patients hospitalized with acute fever in Indonesia: observational study results

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Reports of human rickettsial infection in Indonesia are limited. This study sought to characterize the epidemiology of human rickettsioses amongst patients hospitalized with fever at 8 tertiary hospitals in Indonesia.
Dewi Lokida   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Kidney and Lung: Cutaneous and Mucosal Clues to Human Hantavirus Disease

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
Rodent exposure and aerosolized excreta can lead to hantavirus infection with systemic endothelial injury and capillary leak, resulting in thrombocytopenia and syndromes such as HPS/HCPS and HFRS/NE. Early dermatologic and mucosal findings, including flushing, conjunctival injection, petechiae/purpura, and mucosal bleeding, may provide important clues ...
Giuseppe Gallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Acute Q Fever, Scrub Typhus, and Murine Typhus, and Identification of Their Clinical Characteristics Compared to Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Taiwan

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2009
In Taiwan, acute Q fever, scrub typhus, and murine typhus (QSM diseases) are the most common rickettsioses, but their epidemiology and clinical characteristics have not been clarified. Diagnosis of these three diseases based on clinical manifestations is
Chung-Hsu Lai   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Doxycycline use and adverse pregnancy or neonatal outcomes: A descriptive study using the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System database

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2022
Background and Aims Doxycycline is recommended for use in rickettsial diseases. The available evidence regarding its safety for rickettsial infection in pregnancy is limited.
Sammodavardhana Kaundinnyayana   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infections with Tickborne Pathogens after Tick Bite, Austria, 2015–2018

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
The aim of this prospective study was to assess the risk for tickborne infections after a tick bite. A total of 489 persons bitten by 1,295 ticks were assessed for occurrence of infections with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum ...
Mateusz Markowicz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life threatening rickettsiosis and the role of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis syndrome (HLH): Case report of a 21-year-old woman

open access: yesInfectious Medicine
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome is an uncontrolled activation of macrophages, causing multiorgan dysfunction. The prognosis depends on the cause and the delay of diagnosis and treatment.
Marine Chancel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Piscirickettsiosis in Farmed Turbot, Scophthalmus maximus

open access: yesJournal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Piscirickettsia salmonis is a well‐established intracellular pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon around the world. The bacterium has also been detected from a number of other hosts including lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Hanne K. Nilsen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rickettsiosis transmitidas por garrapatas en las Américas: avances clínicos y epidemiológicos, y retos en el diagnóstico

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2013
Las rickettsiosis son entidades clínicas de tipo zoonótico, causadas por bacterias intracelulares estrictas de los géneros Rickettsia y Orientia, pertenecientes a la familia Rickettsiaceae.
Marylin Hidalgo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Infecting Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Yak (Bos grunniens), and Tibetan Sheep (Ovis aries) in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Area, China

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Area (QTPA) has a complex natural ecosystem, causing a greatly increased risk of spreading various tick-borne diseases including rickettsial infections, which are regarded as one of the oldest known vector-borne zoonoses ...
Yong-Cai He   +32 more
doaj   +1 more source

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