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Toxoplasma gondii and Rickettsia spp. in ticks collected from migratory birds in the Republic of Korea

Scientific Reports, 2022
Migratory birds disperse ticks and associated tick-borne pathogens along their migratory routes. Four selected pathogens of medical importance (Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp., Francisella tularensis, and Toxoplasma gondii) were targeted for detection
A.-Tai Truong, Mi-Sun Yoo, Subin Min, Ji-Yeon Lim, Hyun-Ji Seo, Heung-Chul Kim, Sung-Tae Chong, Terry A. Klein, Chang-uk Park, Sook-Young Cho, Chang-Yong Choi, Young-Soo Kwon, Miran Kim, Soon-Seek Yoon, Yun Sang Cho   +14 more
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Serological cross-reactivity between spotted fever and typhus groups of rickettsia infection in Japan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: We examined the frequency of cross-reactions to Rickettsia typhi in patients with Japanese spotted fever (JSF) and evaluated the differences between two rickettsiae using antibody endpoint titers.
Tetsuro Aita, Eiichiro Sando, Shungo Katoh, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Hiromi Fujita, Noriaki Kurita   +5 more
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Dissemination of spotted fever rickettsia agents in Europe by migrating birds. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Migratory birds are known to play a role as long-distance vectors for many microorganisms. To investigate whether this is true of rickettsial agents as well, we characterized tick infestation and gathered ticks from 13,260 migratory passerine birds in ...
Karin Elfving, Björn Olsen, Sven Bergström, Jonas Waldenström, Ake Lundkvist, Anders Sjöstedt, Hans Mejlon, Kenneth Nilsson   +7 more
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Utility of ultra-rapid real-time PCR for detection and prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in ticks

BMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background Rickettsia spp. are important tick-borne pathogens that cause various human and animal diseases worldwide. A tool for rapid and accurate detection of the pathogens from its vectors is necessary for prevention of Rickettsioses propagation in ...
A-Tai Truong, Bo-Ram Yun, Mi-Sun Yoo, Jiyeon Lim, Subin Min, Soon-Seek Yoon, Young-Min Yun, Jong-Taek Kim, Yun Sang Cho   +8 more
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Neglected human Rickettsia felis infection in Taiwan: A retrospective seroepidemiological survey of patients with suspected rickettsioses.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundCurrent knowledge on Rickettsia felis infection in humans is based on sporadic case reports. Here we conducted a retrospective seroepidemiological survey of R.
Wan-Hsiu Yang, Meng-Shiuan Hsu, Pei-Yun Shu, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Chi-Tai Fang   +4 more
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Molecular detection of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and Rickettsia spp. in hard ticks distributed in Tokachi District, eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2021
Ticks transmit various pathogens, including parasites, bacteria and viruses to humans and animals. To investigate the ticks and the potentially zoonotic pathogens that they may carry, questing ticks were collected in 2017 from 7 sites in Tokachi District,
Kiyoshi Okado, Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Seung-Hun Lee, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama, Kozo Fujisaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xuenan Xuan, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji   +8 more
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Survey of Rickettsia species in hematophagous arthropods from endemic areas for Japanese spotted fever in China

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is caused by Rickettsia japonica, mainly vectored by hard ticks. However, whether R. japonica can be transmitted by other arthropods remains unknown. Moreover, it is of interest to investigate whether other Rickettsia species
Junhua Tian, Jing Liu, Jin Liu, Miao Lu, Xiaomin Chen, Kun Li   +5 more
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Variety of Rickettsia Spechies in Ixodes Ticks at the Russian island (Primorsk Territory) in 2011-2012

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2017
Total 728 Ixodes ticks of four species: Ixodes persulcatus, I. pavlovskyi, Haemaphysalis concinna, H. japonica douglasi collected at the Russian island in 2011-2012 were investigated. Common Rickettsia infection rate in the tested vectors varied from 4.1
N. V. Yakovchits, R. V. Adelshin, E. A. Sidorova, A. Y. Nikitin, E. I. Andaev   +4 more
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Increasing Risk of Tick-Borne Disease through Growth Stages in Ticks

Clinics and Practice, 2023
Rickettsia and Coxiella spp. are pathogens transmitted by ticks to humans. However, the developmental stage of the tick carrying the greatest risk of infection is unknown.
Makoto Kondo, Yoshiaki Matsushima, Takehisa Nakanishi, Shohei Iida, Habe Koji, Keiichi Yamanaka   +5 more
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A Case of Critical Japanese Spotted Fever in Zhejiang, China

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023
Yani Zhou,1 Qi Wang,1 Yujuan Shen,1 Bin Shen,1 Yan Zhang,2 Weihong Wang,1 Xiaofeng Li1,3 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Huzhou Central Hospital, Affiliated Central Hospital Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China ...
Zhou Y, Wang Q, Shen Y, Shen B, Zhang Y, Wang W, Li X   +6 more
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