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Estimating scrub typhus and murine typhus incidence among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
Abstract Objectives Rickettsioses are frequent causes of treatable febrile illness in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar. Accurate estimates of the incidence of rickettsioses are needed to inform investments in disease prevention and control. We sought to estimate the incidence of rickettsioses among adults and adolescents by combining sentinel hospital
Oo WT, Bowhay TR, Myat TO, Htike WW, Lwin KT, Blacksell SD, Tanganuchitcharnchai A, Mayxay M, Newton PN, Robinson MT, Ussher JE, Murdoch DR, Win HH, Crump JA.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Etiology of Severe Non-malaria Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2013
The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner.
AJ Bouley, Anne B. Morrissey, B Nadjm, B Nadjm, B Pastorino, BM Greenwood, CA Petti, Charles Muiruri, CIR Chandler, CJ Murray, CJ Murray, DC Clifton, DR Feikin, EA Reddy, Eng Eong Ooi, Grace D. Kinabo, H Reyburn, HM Biggs, JA Berkley, JA Crump, JA Crump, JA Crump, JA Crump, John A. Bartlett, John A. Crump, JT Hertz, K Baltzell, LE Scott, LK Archibald, M Amexo, M Prabhu, Mathieu Picardeau, MD Bajani, MK Mayhood, MM Levine, N Scaramozzino, OS Levine, PA Connolly, PL Petit, R Lozano, Renee L. Galloway, Robert F. Massung, Robyn A. Stoddard, SI Hay, SJ Olsen, SL Brown, SM Graham, SM Lofgren, TJ O'Dempsey, Venance P. Maro, Wilbrod Saganda, William L. Nicholson, YL Lai   +52 more
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Review of Epidemiological Situation on Rickettsioses in the Russian Federation in 2022 as Compared with 2013–2021, Forecast for 2023

Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections, 2023
The aim of the review was to characterize the epidemiological situation on tick-borne rickettsioses (TR) in the Russian Federation in 2022 in comparison with the pandemic years of 2020–2021 and the pre-pandemic period of 2013–2019, to give the forecast ...
N. Pen’evskaya, N. Rudakov, S. Shpynov, A. I. Blokh, D. Trankvilevsky, D. A. Savel’ev, S. Shtrek, A. V. Sannikov   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Case of Illness Following a Bite by a Male Lone Star Tick (<i>Amblyomma americanum</i> Linnaeus) Infected With <i>Ehrlichia</i> sp. and <i>Rickettsia amblyommatis</i> in Connecticut, United States. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
A case of local lymphadenopathy and a flu‐like illness in a man, following a bite by a male lone star tick infected with Ehrlichia sp. and Rickettsia amblyommatis. ABSTRACT The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus) is a species commonly found in the southeastern U.S., but in recent years its populations have expanded northward, resulting in an
Khalil N, Chang A, Sandland L, Feder HM, Molaei G.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation.
Megan E. Reller, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi, John J. Strouse, Judith E. Flom, Truls Østbye, Christopher W. Woods, J. Stephen Dumler   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan, Jiang, Ju, Maina, Alice N, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Rakotonanahary, Rado J L, Richards, Allen L, Telfer, Sandra   +6 more
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Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the Iberian Peninsula

Pathogens, 2022
Tick-borne rickettsioses (TBR) are caused by obligate, intracellular bacteria of the spotted-fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia (Order Rickettsiales), transmitted by hard ticks.
Leonardo Moerbeck, A. Domingos, S. Antunes   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of In-Hospital Management for Febrile Illness\ud in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health\ud Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria [PDF]

, 2014
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published updated guidelines emphasizing and expanding recommendations for a parasitological confirmation of malaria before treating with antimalarials. This study aimed to assess differences in historic (2007–
Biggs, Holly M., Crump, John A., Maro, Venace P., Moon, Andrew M., Reddy, Elizabeth A., Rubach, Matthew P., Saganda, Wilbrod   +6 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick, Breiman, Robert F., Cleaveland, Sarah, Cutler, Sally J., Feikin, Daniel R., Jiang, Ju, Knobel, Darryn L., Maina, Alice N., Mpoke, Solomon, Ng'ang'a, Zipporah, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Ogola, Eric, Omulo, Sylvia A., Richards, Allen L.   +13 more
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[Spotted fever rickettsioses. Study of cases reported in a secondary care pediatric hospital of northeastern Mexico, 2012-2022].

Gaceta Médica de México, 2023
Background Spotted fever rickettsiosis is a serious disease with a high mortality rate if not timely detected. Objective To describe the characteristics of patients hospitalized for spotted fever rickettsiosis, as well as the risk factors associated ...
L. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Rebeca Barrera-Salinas, C. Sánchez-García, F. Solórzano-Santos, D. Vaquera-Aparicio, Delmi López-Castillo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source