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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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The Serological Cross-Detection of Bat-Borne Hantaviruses: A Valid Strategy or Taking Chances?

Viruses, 2021
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, Jorlan Fernandes, Elba Regina de Sampaio Lemos, Fernando de Paiva Conte, Rodrigo Nunes Rodrigues-da-Silva   +4 more
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Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Sakundarno, Mateus, Gasem, M. Hussein, Wagenaar, Jiri F.P., Isbandrio, Bambang B., Goris, Marga G.A.   +5 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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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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False-Positive Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Likely Due to African Tick Bite Fever: A Case Report

Reports
Background and Clinical Significance: Fever in the returning traveler is a medical emergency warranting prompt exclusion of potentially life-threatening infections such as malaria.
Rahel T. Zewude, Syed Zain Ahmad, Tom Joseph, Andrea K. Boggild   +3 more
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Latinamerican guidelines of RIICER for diagnosis of tick-borne rickettsioses [PDF]

, 2014
Las rickettsiosis transmitidas por garrapatas son afecciones de distribución mundial, que por diferentes motivos se pueden considerar emergentes y reemergentes.
Oteo, José A., Nava, Santiago, Zavala Castro, Jorge, Venzal, José M., Zavala-Castro, Jorge, Labruna, Marcelo B., Labruna, Marcelo Bahia, Abarca Villaseca, Katia, Abarca, Katia, De Sousa, Rita, Mattar, Salim, Sousa, Rita de   +11 more
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GENOMOSYSTEMATICS OF RICKETTSIAE

Инфекция и иммунитет, 2018
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, N. N. Pozdnichenko, A. S. Gumenyuk, A. A. Skiba   +3 more
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Distribution of rickettsioses in Oceania: past patterns and implications for the future [PDF]

, 2015
Rickettsioses present a threat to human health worldwide, but relatively little is known on their epidemiology and ecology in Oceania. These bacteria are the cause of potentially fatal febrile illnesses in humans (categorized into scrub typhus, typhus ...
Lau, Colleen, Derne, Bonnie, Weinstein, Philip, Musso, Didier, Derne, B., Lau, C., Weinstein, P., Musso, D.   +7 more
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Genetic Diversity of Theileria parva and Anaplasma spp. Isolated From Ticks Collected From Kiambu County, Kenya

BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Environmental changes and human activities such as deforestation and expansion of agricultural land are increasing tick‐borne diseases including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, and Theileriosis. These diseases, which affect animals, can be transmitted to humans through tick bites.
Peter Gichuki, Caroline Wasonga, Christine Adhiambo, Joel Lutomiah, Poorani Gurumallesh Prabu   +4 more
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