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Rickettsioses as Underrecognized Cause of Hospitalization for Febrile Illness, Uganda [PDF]

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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Detection of Genetic Markers of Rickettsioses Agents of the Tick-Borne Spotted Fever Group in Certain Districts of the Saratov Region

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций
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, A. V. Kazantsev, M. G. Korneev, E. N. Kondrat’ev   +3 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016–2017

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 29, Issue 5, Page 365-376, May 2024.
In northern Tanzania, Q fever, spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses, and typhus group (TG) rickettsioses are common causes of febrile illness. We sought to describe the prevalence and risk factors for these zoonoses in a pastoralist community.
G. Moorthy, M. Rubach, Michael J Maze, Regina P Refuerzo, G. Shirima, A. Lukambagire, Rebecca F Bodenham, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, K. Thomas, Philoteus A. Sakasaka, Nestory Mkenda, Thomas R Bowhay, J. Perniciaro, William L. Nicholson, Gilbert J. Kersh, R. R. Kazwala, B. Mmbaga, J.J. Buza, Venance P Maro, D. T. Haydon, J. Crump, Jo E. B. Halliday   +21 more
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Rickettsia parkeri with a Genetically Disrupted Phage Integrase Gene Exhibits Attenuated Virulence and Induces Protective Immunity against Fatal Rickettsioses in Mice

Pathogens, 2021
Although rickettsiae can cause life-threatening infections in humans worldwide, no licensed vaccine is currently available. To evaluate the suitability of live-attenuated vaccine candidates against rickettsioses, we generated a Rickettsia parkeri mutant ...
Esteban Arroyave, Ilirjana Hyseni, Nicole Burkhardt, Yong-Fang Kuo, Tian Wang, Ulrike Munderloh, Rong Fang   +6 more
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Risk Factors for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Background Knowledge gaps exist on risk factors for spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) in sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to identify SFGR risk factors in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania.
Bowhay TR, Rubach MP, Mendes ÂJF, Nicholson WL, Perniciaro JL, Maze MJ, Moorthy GS, Halliday JEB, Allan KJ, Mmbaga BT, Saganda W, Lwezaula BF, Kazwala RR, Cleaveland S, Sharples KJ, Maro VP, Crump JA.   +16 more
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Duplex Reverse-Transcription Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Targeting 23S rRNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for the Detection of Flea-Borne Rickettsioses. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
. Flea-borne spotted fever and flea-borne (murine) typhus are rickettsioses caused by Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi, respectively, and typically present as undifferentiated febrile illnesses.
Probert WS, Quintana AC, Kjemtrup AM, Hacker JK.   +3 more
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A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA [PDF]

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are increasingly recognized worldwide as threats to public health. Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia parkeri, and Rickettsia rickettsii subspecies californica cause spotted fever rickettsioses, including Rocky ...
Guang Xu, Elissa Ballman, Nolan Stamborski, Eric L. Siegel, Patrick Pearson, Stephen M. Rich   +5 more
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EMERGING RICKETTSIOSES

Microbiologia Medica, 2005
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D. Raoult
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The Rickettsioses [PDF]

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019
L. Blanton
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Rickettsiosis Infections in Sarawak: Epidemiological Insights and Public Health Strategies. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Rickettsiosis infections pose a significant public health concern in Sarawak, Malaysia. Despite their importance, these infections remain poorly recognised, under‐researched and inadequately documented within the context of the Sarawak region. This comprehensive evaluation seeks to address this knowledge gap by providing an in‐depth analysis of ...
Abang RAA, Adrus M.
europepmc   +2 more sources