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Identification and Characterization of Novel Small RNAs in Rickettsia prowazekii. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2016 Schroeder CL +8 more
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Renewed Risk for Epidemic Typhus Related to War and Massive Population Displacement, Ukraine
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Epidemic typhus, caused by Rickettsia prowazekii bacteria and transmitted through body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis), was a major public health threat in Eastern Europe as a consequence of World War II.
Paul N. Newton +3 more
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Genetic typing of isolates of Rickettsia typhi.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Murine typhus, which is caused by Rickettsia typhi, has a wide range of clinical manifestations. It has a low mortality rate but may result in meningoencephalitis and interstitial pneumonia in severe cases.
Cecilia Y Kato +4 more
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Identifying Novel Inhibitors of RpFabG in Typhus-inducing Rickettsia prowazekii [PDF]
, 2019 Epidemic typhus is a rickettsial disease that is contracted via ticks and lice found on the flying squirrel. The disease is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, an intracellular, gram-negative coccobacillus.
Panatpur, Aparna
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A eubacterial origin for the human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase? [PDF]
, 2001 tRNA CCA-termini are generated and maintained by tRNA nucleotidyltransferases. Together with poly(A) polymerases and other enzymes they belong to the nucleotidyltransferase superfamily.
Aebi M. +12 more
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Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus) Outbreak in Burundi
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997 We recently investigated a suspected outbreak of epidemic typhus in a jail in Burundi. We tested sera of nine patients by microimmunofluorescence for antibodies to Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia typhi. We also amplified and sequenced from lice gene
D. Raoult +6 more
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICKETTSIOSES RESEARCH IN COLOMBIA (1917-1943), LUIS B. PATIÑO CAMARGO
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016 Colombian physician Luis Benigno Patiño Camargo was one of the pioneers in the study of rickettsioses in South America, demonstrating for the first time in Colombia the presence of Rickettsia rickettsii as the etiological agent of a highly deadly ...
Álvaro A. FACCINI-MARTÍNEZ +2 more
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Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, we investigated the prevalence of Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana, and Borrelia recurrentis in 841 body lice collected from various countries. We detected R.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier +4 more
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Construction of Immune-Chromatographic Indicator Elements for Burnet Rickettsia Detection
Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2013 mc/ml, and the elapsed time – 20 minutes. The IE is specific to other members of the family Ricketsiaceae, for instance to R. prowazekii , to antigen complexes of R. prowazekii and R. sibirika , as well as to vaccinia virus (L-IVP strain).
L. A. Basharova +3 more
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Adherence to and Invasion of Host Cells by Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Species [PDF]
, 2010 The pathogenic lifecycle of obligate intracellular bacteria presents a superb opportunity to develop understanding of the interaction between the bacteria and host under the pretext that disruption of these processes will likely lead to death of the ...
Yvonne Gar-Yun Chan +2 more
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