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Spotted fever rickettsioses should be considered in the differential diagnosis of “Fever with Purpuric Rash” in Saudi Arabia: A Case report

Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2022
There is a paucity of literature about human spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) from the Arab Gulf Region, including Saudi Arabia. Here, we present an elderly Saudi man who had fever, headache, purpuric maculopapular skin rash, and an eschar.
Ahmed H Nassar, Abdullah S Abu-Aliat, Salim Jamil, Mohammed S Alshahrani, Soha A Hawwam, Esmat R Eid   +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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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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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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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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Short Report: First Outbreak of Atlantic Rainforest Spotted Fever in North‐Eastern of Brazil—Clinical Features and Eco‐Epidemiological Investigation

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Since 2010, six cases of Atlantic rainforest spotted fever (ARSF) have been confirmed and reported in Brazil, a tick‐borne disease caused by Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest and associated with the tick Amblyomma ovale. So far, none of the cases have been associated with death. One of the cases occurred in 2018 in the
Gabriel Nunes de Oliveira, Ruan Carvalho Passos, Ricardo Siqueira Bovendorp, Matheus Pasini‐Martins, Igor Silva Silito, Thiago Fernandes Martins, George Rego Albuquerque, Maiara Santos Zuchonelli, Carina Santos Pereira, Ana Clara de Carvalho Pereira, Lucas Monteiro Santos de Almeida, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Anaiá da Paixão Sevá   +13 more
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Emerging Rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar Border

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
To investigate the presence of rickettsioses in rural residents of the central Thai-Myanmar border, we tested the blood of 46 patients with fever. Four patients had murine typhus, three patients had scrub typhus, and eight patients had spotted fever ...
Philippe Parola, R. Scott Miller, Philip McDaniel, Sam R. Telford, Jean-Marc Rolain, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Didier Raoult   +6 more
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A Review of Rickettsial Diseases Other Than Scrub Typhus in India

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Rickettsial diseases (RD) are widely reported all over the world. Scrub typhus (ST) is a major tropical infection which is well documented all over India.
Sivanantham Krishnamoorthi, Shriya Goel, Jasleen Kaur, Kamlesh Bisht, Manisha Biswal   +4 more
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