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The Serological Cross-Detection of Bat-Borne Hantaviruses: A Valid Strategy or Taking Chances?
Bats are hosts of a range of viruses, and their great diversity and unique characteristics that distinguish them from all other mammals have been related to the maintenance, evolution, and dissemination of these pathogens.
Renata Carvalho de Oliveira +4 more
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Hantaviruses and a neglected environmental determinant
Most human pathogenic hantaviruses cause severe hemorrhagic fevers with a high rate of fatalities, such as occurs due to the genotypes causing hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome carried by the New World Sigmodontinae and Neotominae rodents.
Alexandro Guterres +1 more
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GENOMOSYSTEMATICS OF RICKETTSIAE
The definition of the term genome was given by the German botanist G. Winkler almost one hundred years ago in 1920. A genome definition for bacterial (rickettsia) with a single chromosome was recently presented from the perspective of information ...
S. N. Shpynov +3 more
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In the Russian Federation, human cases of the tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are reported annually, and endemic foci of SFG rickettsioses exist, including Siberian tick typhus, Astrakhan spotted fever and Mediterranean (Marseilles ...
M. A. Kulagin +3 more
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Background For over a decade, the presence of trombiculid mites in some mountain areas of La Rioja (Northern Spain) and their association with seasonal human dermatitis have been recognized.
Alexandr A Stekolnikov +3 more
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The neglected challenge: Vaccination against rickettsiae.
Over the last decades, rickettsioses are emerging worldwide. These diseases are caused by intracellular bacteria. Although rickettsioses can be treated with antibiotics, a vaccine against rickettsiae is highly desired for several reasons.
Anke Osterloh
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Out of the shadows, into the spotlight: Invisible zoonotic diseases in Brazil
Renata Carvalho de Oliveira +4 more
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Serum C-reactive protein and procalcitonin values in acute Q fever, scrub typhus, and murine typhus
Background Although C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are widely used inflammatory markers for infectious diseases, their role and potential application for rickettsioses were rarely studied.
I-Fan Lin +5 more
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Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in a Wildlife Researcher in Sabah, Malaysia: A Case Study
We present evidence for a case of spotted fever rickettsiosis with severe complications in a young adult male. Although spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) have been reported as the most prevalent cause of rickettsiosis in rural areas of Sabah ...
Milena Salgado Lynn +10 more
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