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Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2018 Although Dermacentor spp. ticks are considered the primary vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii in the United States, other North American tick species are also capable of transmitting the agent, including the lone star tick-Amblyomma americanum.
M. Levin +2 more
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Long term neurologic sequelae in a Mexican rocky mountain spotted fever case
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 During the second half of the twentieth century, neurologic sequelae associated with central nervous system impairment caused by Rickettsia rickettsii were studied widely and exclusively in the United States.
Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado +4 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Panama
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues.
Dora Estripeaut +7 more
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Identificação sorológica de Rickettsia spp do grupo da febre maculosa em capivaras na região de Campinas, SP, Brasil [PDF]
, 2008 Diseases transmitted by ticks have been an important health problem all over the world. Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) stands for a serious epidemiological concern due to the high mortality rates pointed out.
CALIC, Simone Berger +8 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2025.Abstract Large‐bodied wild ungulates are declining worldwide, while domestic livestock continue to increase in abundance. Such changes in large herbivore communities should have strong effects on the control of ticks and tick‐borne disease as they can indirectly modify habitat and directly serve as final hosts for ticks' lifecycles.
Stephanie Copeland +5 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Rickettsia rickettsii is a tick-borne obligate intracellular bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF). In Brazil, two species of ticks in the genus Amblyomma, A. sculptum and A.
L. A. Martins +7 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
, 2014 Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems
GeoHealth, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2025.Abstract Biological soil crusts (or biocrust) are diminutive soil communities with ecological functions disproportionate to their size. These communities are composed of lichens, bryophytes, cyanobacteria, fungi, liverworts, and other microorganisms.
Marieke L. Ramsey +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Proteolytic Cleavage of the Immunodominant Outer Membrane Protein rOmpA in Rickettsia rickettsii [PDF]
J Bacteriol, 2016 Nicholas F. Noriea +3 more
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Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal [PDF]
, 2011 Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and Spain.
Abarca, Katia +10 more
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