Rickettsia slovaca “spotted fever” [PDF]
JAAD Case Reports, 2023 Pierre-Édouard Fournier +1 more
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Preliminary Evidence of Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia conorii Infection in the Sera of Sheep, Dogs and Deer from an Area of Northern Spain [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Limited information is available on the presence of rickettsial infection in animal reservoirs in Spain. Antibodies against Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia conorii were therefore sought in the sera of farm, domestic and wild animals (n = 223 samples ...
Lourdes Lledó, Consuelo Giménez-Pardo
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High Prevalence of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Rickettsia slovaca in Ticks from Wild Boars, Northeastern Italy [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Tick-borne rickettsiae are emerging pathogens that are becoming widespread in Europe. Rickettsiae are endemic in Italy, but epidemiological data are currently scarce. This study aimed to improve our knowledge about rickettsial infections in tick and wild
Laura Grassi +7 more
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Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy by Rickettsia slovaca after Dermacentor marginatus tick bite case report: multidisciplinary approach to a tick-borne disease [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Scalp Eschar and Neck LymphAdenopathy after Tick bite is a zoonotic non-pathogen-specific disease most commonly due to Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii. Diagnosis is mostly based only on epidemiological and clinical findings, without
Giulia Barlozzari +9 more
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Autochthonous Case of Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Russia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We describe an autochthonous case of Rickettsia slovaca infection in a man 35 years of age from Russia who had tickborne lymphadenopathy. We used ELISA and quantitative PCR testing to further identify DNA and confirm diagnosis.
Ruslan F. Sayfullin +4 more
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Molecular evidence of Rickettsia slovaca in spleen of wild boars in northeastern Algeria [PDF]
New Microbes and New Infections, 2018 Using molecular assays, Rickettsia slovaca, the agent of a spotted fever group rickettsiosis resulting in scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite, was assessed in 92 spleens recovered from 117 wild boars hunted in the far northeast of ...
F. Zeroual +3 more
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Rickettsia slovaca Infection in Humans, Portugal [PDF]
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.
Rita de Sousa +7 more
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Assessment of Domestic Goats as Models for Experimental and Natural Infection with the North American Isolate of Rickettsia slovaca. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Rickettsia slovaca is a tick-borne human pathogen that is associated with scalp eschars and neck lymphadenopathy known as tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) or Dermacentor-borne necrosis erythema and lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL). Originally, R. slovaca was
Nicole Lukovsky-Akhsanov +5 more
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Comparative proteomics of the vector Dermacentor reticulatus revealed differentially regulated proteins associated with pathogen transmission in response to laboratory infection with Rickettsia slovaca [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Tick-borne rickettsial diseases are caused by pathogens acquired from hard ticks. In particular, Rickettsia slovaca, a zoonotic infectious bacterium causing tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA), is transmitted by the vectors Dermacentor spp ...
Gabriela Flores-Ramirez +5 more
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Epidemiological Survey of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens in Questing Ticks from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China [PDF]
AnimalsTick-borne zoonotic pathogens, including Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Babesia spp., pose increasing risks to human and animal health. This study investigated tick species composition and associated zoonotic pathogens across high-(1500–3000 m ...
Yihong Ma +16 more
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