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Infecção por riquétsias em carrapatos de aves silvestres em duas ecorregiões da Argentina [PDF]

, 2016
Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Borges Costa, Francisco, Diaz, Luis Adrian, Flores, Fernando Sebastián, Labruna, Marcelo Bahía, Nava, Santiago   +4 more
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Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma triste from Uruguay

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Our goal was to detect whether spotted fever group Rickettsia are found in the suspected vector of rickettsioses, Amblyomma triste, in Uruguay. Rickettsia parkeri was detected in A.
José M. Venzal, Aránzazu Portillo, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Oscar Castro, Perla A. Cabrera, José A. Oteo   +5 more
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Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Brazilian Amazon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Rickettsia rickettsii infection is the only rickettsiosis included in the list of reportable diseases in Brazil, where typhus group rickettsioses, mainly murine typhus, have been underreported.
Antonio H.H. Minervino, Marcelo B. Labruna, Salatiel R. Dias, Francisco B. Costa, Thiago F. Martins, Phablo N.S. da Silva, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez   +6 more
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International Rickettsia Disease Surveillance: An Example of Cooperative Research to Increase Laboratory Capability and Capacity for Risk Assessment of Rickettsial Outbreaks Worldwide

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Cooperative research that addresses infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigations relies heavily on availability and effective use of appropriate diagnostic tools, including serological and molecular assays, as exemplified by the current ...
Ju Jiang, Ju Jiang, Christina M. Farris, Kenneth B. Yeh, Allen L. Richards   +4 more
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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]

, 2017
Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael, Huang, Ke, Kelly, Patrick john, Köster, Liza, Li, Jing, Marchi, Silvia, Vandenplas, Michel, Wang, Chengming, Zhang, Jilei   +8 more
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Rickettsioses and the International Traveler [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004
The rickettsioses--zoonotic bacterial infections transmitted to humans by arthropods--were for many years considered to be oddities in travel medicine. During the previous 2 decades, however, reports of >450 travel-associated cases have been published worldwide, the vast majority being murine typhus caused by Rickettsia typhi, Mediterranean spotted ...
C. D. Ericsson, M. Jensenius, P.-E. Fournier, D. Raoult   +3 more
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Assessing the Influence of Climate Change and Environmental Factors on the Top Tick-Borne Diseases in the United States: A Systematic Review

Microorganisms, 2023
In the United States (US), tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have more than doubled in the past fifteen years and are a major contributor to the overall burden of vector-borne diseases. The most common TBDs in the US—Lyme disease, rickettsioses (including Rocky
Gargi Deshpande, Jessica E. Beetch, John G. Heller, Ozair H. Naqvi, Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn   +4 more
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Rickettsial Diseases: Not Uncommon Causes of Acute Febrile Illness in India

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Rickettsial diseases (RDs) are major under-diagnosed causes of arthropod borne acute febrile illness (AFI) presenting with a range of symptoms from mild self-limiting fever to fatal sepsis.
Manisha Biswal, Sivanantham Krishnamoorthi, Kamlesh Bisht, Amit Sehgal, Jasleen Kaur, Navneet Sharma, Vikas Suri, Sunil Sethi   +7 more
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Rickettsiae reservoirs among small mammals (Rats, Mice And Shrews) and their Arthropod Vectors in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2018
Rickettsioses are a group of emerging diseases caused by closely related bacteria. In Sri Lanka, to date, studies have been focused mainly on human subjects.
Saranga Yathramullage, Jayantha Rajapakse, Suyama Boyagoda   +2 more
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Molecular surveillance of spotted fever group rickettsioses in wildlife and detection of Rickettsia sibirica in a Topi (Damaliscus lunatus ssp. jimela) in Kenya

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Spotted fever group rickettsioses are a group of tick-borne zoonotic diseases caused by intracellular bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. The diseases are widely reported amongst international travellers returning from most sub-Saharan Africa with fever ...
David Ndeereh, Andrew Thaiyah, Gerald Muchemi, Antoinette A. Miyunga   +3 more
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