Rickettsia slovaca “spotted fever” [PDF]
JAAD Case Reports, 2023 Pascal DEL GIUDICE +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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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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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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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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Molecular Profiling of Ticks and Associated Pathogens: First Report of <i>Rickettsia sibirica</i>, <i>Rickettsia slovaca</i>, and <i>Babesia microti</i> in Ticks From Pakistan. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg DisGlobal distribution of ticks and their associated tick‐borne pathogens (TBPs) presents substantial health concerns for both humans and animals. The present study aimed to investigate the distribution, morpho‐molecular identification, and associated TBPs of diverse tick species collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces of Pakistan ...
Obaid MK +11 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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Spotted fever group rickettsiae associated with ixodid ticks in wild environment in Southern Italy
MicrobiologyOpen, 2018 Ixodidae ticks are vectors and reservoirs of several species of rickettsiae, and tick‐borne rickettsioses are reported worldwide. This study was aimed to verify the distribution of spotted fever group rickettsiae associated with ticks in a wild ...
Donato Antonio Raele +4 more
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