Isolation of Rickettsia typhi from Human, Mexico [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Murine typhus is a febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi. The clinical manifestations are nonspecific, and the signs and symptoms resemble those of several other febrile illnesses.
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Serosurveillance of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi in Bangladesh. [PDF]
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014 Scrub and murine typhus infections are under-diagnosed causes of febrile illness across the tropics, and it is not known how common they are in Bangladesh.
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Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in Australian veterinarians. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2017 BACKGROUND: Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi are emerging arthropod-borne zoonoses causing fever and flu-like symptoms. Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with exposure to these organisms was explored in Australian veterinarians.
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Rickettsia typhi IN RODENTS AND R. felis IN FLEAS IN YUCATÁN AS A POSSIBLE CAUSAL AGENT OF UNDEFINED FEBRILE CASES [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015 Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents.
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Rickettsia typhi infection presenting as severe ARDS. [PDF]
IDCases, 2019 Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus, is a disease resulting from an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Rickettsia typhi. Murine typhus is identified worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical geographic locations ...
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The Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis) Immune Deficiency Signaling Pathway Regulates Rickettsia typhi Infection [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 2018 Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular bacteria with both conserved and lineage-specific strategies for invading and surviving within eukaryotic cells.
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Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in Rat Fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, Hawaii
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Rickettsia typhi (prevalence 1.9%) and R. felis (prevalence 24.8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of
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Detección molecular de Rickettsia typhi en perros de una comunidad rural de Yucatán, México
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016 Introducción. Rickettsia typhi es la bacteria causante del tifus múrido o endémico, el cual es transmitido al ser humano principalmente por medio de las heces infectadas de pulgas y en cuyo ciclo de infección se encuentran involucrados distintos animales
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia typhi in cats and fleas [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Background: Rickettsia typhi is the etiological agent of murine typhus (MT), a disease transmitted by two cycles: rat-flea-rat, and peridomestic cycle. Murine typhus is often misdiagnosed and underreported. A correct diagnosis is important because MT can
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Rickettsia typhi possesses phospholipase A2 enzymes that are involved in infection of host cells.
PLoS Pathogens, 2013 The long-standing proposal that phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes are involved in rickettsial infection of host cells has been given support by the recent characterization of a patatin phospholipase (Pat2) with PLA2 activity from the pathogens Rickettsia ...
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