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A Fatal Case of Rickettsiosis From South Africa

American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 2021
Abstract We present a case of fatal Rickettsiosis from South Africa.
Blumenthal, Ryan, Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed, Skosana, Lebogang Busisiwe, Weyer, Jacqueline   +3 more
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Serologic study of the prevalence of rickettsiosis in Yucatán: evidence for a prevalent spotted fever group rickettsiosis.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1999
Because of the discovery of a spotted fever group rickettsiosis with signs and symptoms similar to dengue fever in Yucatan, Mexico, immunofluorescence assay (IFA) serology was performed on sera from 390 persons selected from a representative geographic distribution of rural Yucatan to detect antibodies reactive with Rickettsia rickettsii, R.
Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez, Adrian N. Billings, Jose A. Ruiz-Sosa, David H. Walker, Ignacio Vado-Solís   +4 more
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Rickettsiosis

2015
Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria transmitted by arthropods to a vertebrate host. Clinically relevant rickettsioses have a similar clinical pattern, manifesting as an acute febrile disease accompanied by headache, articular and muscle pain, and malaise.Epidemic typhus is a worldwide distributed disease caused by the Rickettsia prowazekii,
Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Vivekanad Jha
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Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Yucatán

The Lancet, 2000
Summary Three patients with fever, exanthem, headache, and central-nervous-system involvement were diagnosed with Rickettsia felis infection by specific PCR of blood or skin and seroconversion to surrogate Rickettsia antigens. Although R felis's relationship to other Rickettsia species is known and the pathogenic potential of this clade is ...
Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez, Gerardo Becerra-Carmona, Jose A. Ruiz-Sosa, David H. Walker, Roger A Sánchez-Elias   +4 more
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Rickettsiosis y ehrlichiosis

EMC - Dermatología, 2014
Las rickettsiosis son infecciones debidas a pequenos bacilos intracelulares estrictos del genero Rickettsia. Su distribucion es ubicua y se transmiten por medio de intermediarios artropodos. Este articulo trata tambien otras bacterias intracelulares como las pertenecientes al genero Ehrlichia, similares al genero Rickettsia, pero geneticamente ...
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Ehrlichiosis and Rickettsiosis in a Canine Population of Northern Sardinia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2003
Abstract: Ehrlichiosis and rickettsiosis are very common, widespread diseases. These diseases are present in Sardinia year round because its temperate weather permits the survival of many kinds of tick vectors. A thousand dogs were subjected to physical, hematological, biochemical examinations and serological tests.
COCCO, Raffaella, Sanna, G, Cillara, M. G, Tola, S, XIMENES, Luigi Amedeo, PINNA PARPAGLIA, Maria Luisa, Masala, G.   +6 more
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African tick bite fever: Not a spotless rickettsiosis!

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2003
African tick bite fever is caused by Rickettsia africae, a newly recognized species from South Africa. We report the case of a patient with an unusual site of a tick bite and discuss cutaneous differences from other spotted fevers that may help dermatologists with clinical diagnosis.
Toutous Trellu, Laurence Marie, Péter, Olivier, Chavaz, Pierre, Saurat, Jean-Hilaire   +3 more
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Rickettsiosis of the Genus Rickettsia in South America

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2003
Abstract: In South America, human cases of infection by the genus Rickettsia have been described in several countries in the last twenty years. The role of international organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases at the ...
Cláudio Mafra, Cecilia Morón, Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão, David H. Walker, Elisabeth Anaya   +5 more
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ELISA and rickettsiosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1980
Maria Dora Miceli, S Mansueto
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[Rickettsiosis: a clinical approach].

Revue medicale suisse, 2007
Rickettsiosis are zoonotic diseases transmitted to humans by arthropods. Prevalence of imported disease increases in parallel to the frequency of international travel. Clinical presentation is characterised by fever, headache and rash. Delay in the initiation of an antibiotic treatment efficient on Rickettsia spp.
N, Boillat, G, Greub
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