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Severe Rickettsia typhi Infections, Costa Rica [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Murine typhus is a febrile, fleaborne disease caused by infection with Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Cases can range from mild and nonspecific to fatal. We report 2 cases of murine typhus in Costa Rica, confirming the presence and circulation of R.
Diana Chinchilla +4 more
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Genetic typing of isolates of Rickettsia typhi. [PDF]
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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Rickettsia typhi central nervous system infection [PDF]
IDCases, 2020 A 39 year-old male was residing along the south coast of Texas, the USA, presented with fever, myalgias, headaches, and weight loss for ten days.
Collin F. Talhelm +7 more
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Retinochoroiditis secondary to Rickettsia typhi infection: a case report [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyBackground To report a case of unusual presentation of retinochoroiditis caused by Rickettsia typhi in a patient without prior uveitis. Case presentation In this case, we describe a 24-year-old male soldier with no previous eye disease, who was referred ...
Joanne Makhoul +2 more
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Risk1, a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Effector, Promotes
mBio, 2020 To establish a habitable intracellular niche, various pathogenic bacteria secrete effectors that target intracellular trafficking and modulate phosphoinositide (PI) metabolism.
Oliver H. Voss +6 more
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GroEL is an immunodominant surface-exposed antigen of Rickettsia typhi. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Rickettsioses are neglected and emerging potentially fatal febrile diseases that are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria, rickettsiae. Rickettsia (R.) typhi and R.
Jessica Rauch +16 more
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Organ Donor Transmission of Rickettsia typhi to Kidney Transplant Recipients, Texas, USA, 2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMurine typhus, a fleaborne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is found throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Transmission of R.
Jeffrey C. Jones +13 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2015 Background: Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi), and leptospirosis are common causes of febrile illness in Asia; meningitis and meningoencephalitis are severe complications.
Sabine Dittrich +2 more
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Targeting surface cell antigen 2 increases sensitivity of Rickettsia typhi detection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundMurine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi that typically presents as an acute febrile illness. The diagnosis is often missed, leading to delays in appropriate treatment. A qPCR targeting a single gene (ompB) for R.
Weerawat Phuklia +8 more
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Oral Flea Preventive to Control Rickettsia typhi–Infected Fleas on Reservoir Opossums, Galveston, Texas, USA, 2023–2024 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesMurine typhus, a fleaborne bacterial disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, has reemerged and spread in the United States. We tested spinosad, an oral flea preventive, in opossum flea reservoirs. Spinosad killed 98% of fleas infesting opossums.
Lucas S. Blanton +1 more
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