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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus, murine typhus and spotted fever groups in North Korean refugees

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of antibodies against scrub typhus, murine typhus and spotted fever groups among North Korean refugees within 1 year of their arrival in South Korea.
Jihye Um, Yeonghwa Nam, Ji Na Lim, Misuk Kim, Yeonsu An, Se Hee Hwang, Jun-Sun Park   +6 more
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Rare presentation of rickettsial infection as purpura fulminans: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Purpura fulminans is an acute life-threatening disorder characterized by intravascular thrombosis and hemorrhagic infarction of the skin complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. It is commonly seen in acute infections following
Chamara Dalugama, Indika Bandara Gawarammana   +1 more
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Neurorickettsioses: A Rare Presentation with Stroke in a Young Adult [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Acute stroke-like presentations due to rickettsial infections have been sparsely reported in literature. We report a young patient who presented with high grade fever and acute encephalopathy with right hemiplegia.
Praveen Kumar S, Pramod K
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Biology, ecology, and conservation of the Italian hare Lepus corsicanus: a review

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The Italian hare Lepus corsicanus, an endemic lagomorph of Italy, serves as a critical case study in evolutionary biology and conservation. Once taxonomically debated, modern genetic and morphological analyses confirm its status as a distinct Pleistocene lineage restricted to the central‐southern Italian Peninsula and Sicily.
Pierangelo Freschi, Valter Trocchi
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Rickettsial infections: prevalence and diagnosis of scrub typhus in India

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
Rickettsial infections present a substantial public health burden in India. Recent years have witnessed an increase in the incidence of Rickettsial infection-associated morbidity and mortality.
Vigneshwaran Ravishankar, Shridhar Narayanan, Radha Krishan Shandil   +2 more
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Clinical Manifestations in a Fatal Case of Probable Rickettsia and Leptospira Coinfection in Yucatan, Mexico

Pathogens, 2021
Clinical or serological coinfections of Rickettsia and Leptospira are uncommon but should be included in differential diagnosis when poor sanitation and cohabitation with infected animals may converge.
Karla R. Dzul-Rosado, Maria Fidelia Cardenas-Marrufo, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Alberto Alvarez-Baeza, Nina Mendez-Dominguez   +4 more
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Seroprevalence of human exposure to rickettsial infections, scrub typhus group (STG), typhus group (TG) and spotted fever group (SFG) in rural communities of Nan Province, Thailand.

, 2022
Seroprevalence of human exposure to rickettsial infections, scrub typhus group (STG), typhus group (TG) and spotted fever group (SFG) in rural communities of Nan Province, Thailand.
Kittipong Chaisiri (3277629), Serge Morand (74749), Anamika Kritiyakan (10022111), Malee Tanita (12280452), Stuart D. Blacksell (9740220), Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai (188759), Chuanphot Thinphovong (10047786)   +6 more
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The Applicability of Commonly Used Severity of Illness Scores to Tropical Infections in Australia [PDF]

, 2021
Many patients with leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsial infection require intensive care unit (ICU) admission in tropical Australia every year. The multi-organ dysfunction associated with these infections results in significantly elevated severity
Liu, Yu Hsuan, Hanson, J ; https://orcid.org/, Bagshaw, R, Carter, Angus, Ott, Markus, Salaveria, Kris, Law, M, Ott, M, Carter, A ; https://orcid.org/, Law, Matthew ; https://orcid.org/, Stewart, A, Liu, YH, Smith, S, Bagshaw, Richard, Stewart, Alexandra, Salaveria, K, Smith, Simon, Liu, Yu-Hsuan, Hanson, Josh, Law, Matthew, Simon Smith, Alexandra Stewart, Yu-Hsuan Liu, Markus Ott, Matthew Law, Angus Carter, Kris Salaveria, Josh Hanson, Richard Bagshaw   +28 more
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Rickettsioses as Underrecognized Cause of Hospitalization for Febrile Illness, Uganda

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The complexity of rickettsial serodiagnostics during acute illness has limited clinical characterization in Africa. We used archived samples from sepsis (n = 259) and acute febrile illness (n = 70) cohorts in Uganda to identify spotted fever and typhus ...
Paul W. Blair, Sultanah Alharthi, Andrés F. Londoño, Abdullah Wailagala, Yukari C. Manabe, J. Stephen Dumler   +5 more
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Underdiagnoses of Rickettsia in patients hospitalized with acute fever in Indonesia: observational study results

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Reports of human rickettsial infection in Indonesia are limited. This study sought to characterize the epidemiology of human rickettsioses amongst patients hospitalized with fever at 8 tertiary hospitals in Indonesia.
Dewi Lokida, Usman Hadi, Chuen-Yen Lau, Herman Kosasih, C. Jason Liang, Musofa Rusli, Pratiwi Sudarmono, Nurhayati Lukman, Kanti Laras, Rizka Humardewayantie Asdie, Dewi Murniati, I Made Susila Utama, Risna Halim Mubin, Muhammad Karyana, Muhammad Hussein Gasem, Bachti Alisjahbana   +15 more
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