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Rickettsia slovacaInfection in Humans, Portugal

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Fifteen years after the initial detection of Rickettsia slovaca in ticks in Portugal, 3 autochthonous cases of R. slovaca infection were diagnosed in humans. All patients had an eschar on the scalp and lymphadenopathy; 2 patients had facial edema. R. slovaca infection was confirmed by serologic testing, culture, and PCR.
Rita de Sousa, Branca Isabel Pereira, Claúdia Nazareth, Susana Cabral, Conceição Ventura, Pedro Crespo, Nuno Marques, Saraiva da Cunha   +7 more
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HumanRickettsia heilongjiangensisInfection, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
A case of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection in Japan was identified in a 35-year-old man who had rash, fever, and eschars. Serum contained R. heilongjiangensis antibodies, and eschars contained R. heilongjiangensis DNA. R. heilongjiangensis was also isolated from ticks in the suspected geographic area of infection.
Ichiro Takajo, Masahiro Kurosawa, Akiko Sakata, Hiromi Fujita, Katsurou Sakai, Masao Sekine, Masanori Katsumi, Wakana Saitou, Yasuhiro Yano, Nobuhiro Takada, Ai Takano, Hiroki Kawabata, Nozomu Hanaoka, Haruo Watanabe, Ichiro Kurane, Toshio Kishimoto   +15 more
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Kinetics of Antibody Responses in Rickettsia africae and Rickettsia conorii Infections [PDF]

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2002
ABSTRACT African tick-bite fever, caused by Rickettsia africae , is the most common tick-borne rickettsiosis in sub-Saharan Africa. Mediterranean spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii also occurs in the region but is more prevalent in Mediterranean countries.
Pierre-Edouard, Fournier, Mogens, Jensenius, Herman, Laferl, Sirka, Vene, Didier, Raoult   +4 more
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Identification of Lupus Erythematosus Cells and Ragocytes in Peripheral Blood from a Dog with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 3‐year‐old female‐intact German Shepherd presented for the evaluation of progressive shifting leg lameness, carpal swelling, and weight loss with a poor appetite since adoption about three months prior. Routine blood smear evaluation, lymph node, and synovial fluid cytologies all revealed rare neutrophils with cytoplasmic inclusions ...
Samantha L. Braman, Jeremy P. Bessett, Katie L. Anderson, Kristen R. Friedrichs   +3 more
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Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infections in Spain and Case Review of the Literature [PDF]

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae is an emerging cause of tickborne rickettsiosis. Since the bacterium was first documented as a human pathogen in 1996, a total of 69 patients with this infection have been reported in the literature.
Isabel Escribano, Santibáñez, Paula, Alba, Jorge, Ramos-Rincón, José Manuel, Cristina Cervera-Acedo, Portillo, Aránzazu, Isabel Sanjoaquín, González-Praetorius, Alejandro, Escribano, Isabel, Ibarra, Valvanera, de Arellano, Encarnación Ramírez, Oteo, José A., Ramírez de Arellano, Encarnación, Cervera-Acedo,Cristina, Lozano, María del Carmen, Santibáñez, Sonia [0000-0002-4996-288X], Guillén, Sara, Sánchez, Lorenzo, Palomar, Ana María [0000-0002-5461-5874], Palomar, Ana M., Elena Aura Bularca, Lorenzo Sánchez, Llorente, Marta, Santibáñez, Sonia, Marta Llorente, Mario Puerta-Peña, Aránzazu Portillo, Sonia Santibáñez, Cervera-Acedo, Cristina [0000-0002-6825-2218], Sanjoaquín, Isabel, Oteo, José Antonio [0000-0001-7080-6542], Alejandro González-Praetorius, Ramos-Rincón, José Manuel [0000-0002-6501-9867], Paula Santibáñez, Encarnación Ramírez de Arellano, María del Carmen Lozano, José A. Oteo, del Carmen Lozano, María, Bularca, Elena Aura, Jorge Alba, Beltrán, Antonio, Valvanera Ibarra, José Manuel Ramos-Rincón, Sara Guillén, Antonio Beltrán, Ana M. Palomar, Portillo, Aránzazu [0000-0002-2055-1825], Puerta-Peña, Mario   +47 more
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Rickettsia mongolotimonaeInfection in South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
We report the first laboratory-confirmed case of Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in Africa. The patient sought treatment for an eschar on his toe; lymphangitis, severe headaches, and fever subsequently developed. After a regimen of doxycycline, symptoms rapidly resolved. R.
Anne-Marié Pretorius, Richard J. Birtles   +1 more
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Serosurvey of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in HIV‐infected patients [PDF]

Microbiology and Immunology, 2014
ABSTRACTConsistent with the effects of HIV on cell‐mediated immunity, an increased susceptibility to intracellular microorganisms has been observed. Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular microorganisms. The aim of this study was to examine Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis infections in HIV+ population.
María Mercedes, Nogueras, Immaculada, Pons, Isabel, Sanfeliu, Montserrat, Sala, Ferran, Segura   +4 more
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Infection with the Neorickettsial Organism Stellantchasmus falcatus Agent in an Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)

Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 1‐year‐old female‐intact arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) presented for diarrhea, lethargy, severe thrombocytopenia, and hyperbilirubinemia. Blood film evaluation revealed intracytoplasmic coccoid bacteria within moderate numbers of leukocytes consistent with infection by a rickettsial organism.
Jeremy P. Bessett, Alexis G. Davidson, Alyssa M. Scagnelli, Kristen R. Friedrichs   +3 more
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Infection Potential of Rickettsia felis via Ingestion [PDF]

, 2019
Rickettsia felis is the etiologic agent of flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) in humans and a poorly described cause of fever in animals. It is transmitted by its primary arthropod vector and reservoir host, the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
Schexnayder, Matthew M
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Human Infection withRickettsia felis,Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
To determine the cause of acute febrile illnesses other than malaria in the North Eastern Province, Kenya, we investigated rickettsial infection among patients from Garissa Provincial Hospital for 23 months during 2006-2008. Nucleic acid preparations of serum from 6 (3.7%) of 163 patients were positive for rickettsial DNA as determined by a genus ...
Allen L. Richards, Ju Jiang, Sylvia Omulo, Ryan Dare, Khalif Abdirahman, Abdile Ali, Shanaaz K. Sharif, Daniel R. Feikin, Robert F. Breiman, M. Kariuki Njenga   +9 more
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