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Development of a rapid and visual detection method for Rickettsia rickettsii combining recombinase polymerase assay with lateral flow test. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Qi Y, Shao Y, Rao J, Shen W, Yin Q, Li X, Chen H, Li J, Zeng W, Zheng S, Liu S, Li Y.   +11 more
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Significant Growth by Rickettsia Species within Human Macrophage-Like Cells Is a Phenotype Correlated with the Ability to Cause Disease in Mammals

Pathogens, 2021
Rickettsia are significant sources of tick-borne diseases in humans worldwide. In North America, two species in the spotted fever group of Rickettsia have been conclusively associated with disease of humans: Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of ...
M. Nathan Kristof, Paige E. Allen, Lane D. Yutzy, Brandon Thibodaux, Christopher D. Paddock, Juan J. Martinez   +5 more
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Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii. [PDF]

PLoS Comput Biol, 2018
Polo G, Mera Acosta C, Labruna MB, Ferreira F, Brockmann D.   +4 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, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Alejandra Salcedo-Parra, Raymundo Daniel López-Soto, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez   +4 more
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Comparative growth of spotted fever group Rickettsia spp. strains in Vero cells

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2016
In Brazil, the spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri related species are the etiological agents of spotted fever rickettsiosis. However, the SFG, Rickettsia rhipicephali, that infects humans, has never been reported.
Arannadia Barbosa Silva, Myrian Morato Duarte, Vinicius Figueiredo Vizzoni, Ana Íris de Lima Duré, Diego Montenegro Lopéz, Rita de Maria Seabra Nogueira, Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares, Erik Machado-Ferreira, Gilberto Salles Gazêta   +8 more
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Serosurvey on rickettsiae of the spotted fever group and Rickettsia bellii among dogs in the state of Goiás, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
The purpose of this study was to do a serological survey on three rickettsial species: Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri, two species of the spotted fever group (SFG) that are considered to be great importance for public health; and Rickettsia
Lucianne Cardoso Neves, Ana Laura Gonçalves Barreto, Mariana Xavier de Souza, Danieli Brolo Martins, Amália Regina Mar Barbieri, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Felipe da Silva Krawczak   +8 more
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Serosurvey of antibodies against spotted fever group Rickettsia spp. in horse farms in Northern Paraná, Brazil Soroprevalência de anticorpos contra Rickettsia spp. do grupo febre maculosa em equinos de haras no Norte do Paraná, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2010
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is an emerging disease most likely caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. The objective of the present study was to estimate the seroprevalence of BSF rickettsia infections in equines from six horse farms located in Londrina ...
Katia Tamekuni, Roberta dos Santos Toledo, Mauro de Freitas Silva Filho, Valeska Bender Haydu, Richard Campos Pacheco, José Henrique Cavicchioli, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, John Stephen Dumler, Odilon Vidotto   +8 more
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Genetic sequencing of a 1944 Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine

Scientific Reports, 2023
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a rapidly progressive and often fatal tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. Its discovery and characterization by Howard Ricketts has been hailed as a remarkable historical example of detection and ...
Yongli Xiao, Paul A. Beare, Sonja M. Best, David M. Morens, Marshall E. Bloom, Jeffery K. Taubenberger   +5 more
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Detecção de anticorpos anti-Rickettsia rickettsii em cães residentes em área negligenciada no município de São Paulo, SP, Brasil [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2020
RESUMO A febre maculosa brasileira (FMB), descrita inicialmente nos Estados Unidos como febre maculosa das Montanhas Rochosas, é uma antropozoonose relatada apenas no continente americano e causada pela bactéria Rickettsia rickettsii.
Z.Ê.S. Souza, B.V. Moraes, F.S. Krawczak, L. Zulzke, T.V. Carvalho, A.O. Sousa, R.G. Agopian, A. Marcili, M.B. Labruna, J. Moraes-Filho   +9 more
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Experimental infection of dogs with a Brazilian strain of Rickettsia rickettsii: clinical and laboratory findings

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
The bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the etiological agent of an acute, severe disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States or Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) in Brazil.
Eliane M Piranda, João Luis H Faccini, Adriano Pinter, Tais B Saito, Richard C Pacheco, Mitika K Hagiwara, Marcelo B Labruna   +6 more
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