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Surveillance of Mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) in a Northern Central Region of Spain: Implications for the Medical Community

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Mosquitoes are important to public and animal health due to their capacity to transmit diseases. Since the Zika virus was declared a pandemic by the WHO in 2016, and it has been recorded in different regions of Mediterranean Area (included Spain), the ...
Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo   +5 more
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‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ in Europe

open access: yesNew Microbes and New Infections, 2018
‘Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis’ is an uncultured emerging bacterium that is provisionally included in the family Anaplasmataceae. In Europe, it is transmitted by Ixodes ricinus ticks. Rodents are the reservoirs.
A. Portillo   +4 more
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Early Findings of Rickettsioses in Morocco

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2020
Background & objectives: Rickettsioses are zoonoses transmitted to humans by arthropods. They are due to strict intracellular bacteria belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae.
Meryem Soughi   +4 more
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Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We report a case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia monacensis in an immunocompetent 67-year-old man in Portugal who had eschar, erythematous rash, and an attached Ixodes ricinus tick.
Rita de Sousa   +8 more
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Seroprevalence of Hantavirus among Manual Cane Cutters and Epidemiological Aspects of HPS in Central Brazil

open access: yesViruses, 2023
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rodent-borne zoonotic disease that is endemic throughout the Americas. Agricultural activities increase exposure to wild rodents, especially for sugarcane cutters.
Renata Malachini Maia   +9 more
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Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2018
Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiae are far from being completely understood.
Laura Tomassone   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory Diagnostics of Rickettsia Infections in Denmark 2008–2015

open access: yesBiology, 2020
Rickettsiosis is a vector-borne disease caused by bacterial species in the genus Rickettsia. Ticks in Scandinavia are reported to be infected with Rickettsia, yet only a few Scandinavian human cases are described, and rickettsiosis is poorly understood ...
Susanne Schjørring   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Clinical reports of an eschar-associated rickettsiosis in the Paraná River Delta of Argentina prompted an evaluation of Amblyomma triste ticks in this region. When evaluated by PCR, 17 (7.6%) of 223 questing adult A.
Santiago Nava   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest, Urabá, Colombia

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We describe the clinical, serologic, and molecular findings of a new human rickettsiosis in Colombia. Antibodies against Rickettsia spp. were detected. PCR showed amplification of genes for R. parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest. This new rickettsiosis of
Margarita Arboleda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia mongolotimonae: A Rare Pathogen in France

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2000
We report a second case of laboratory-confirmed infection caused by Rickettsia mongolotimonae in Marseille, France. This rickettsiosis may represent a new clinical entity; moreover, its geographic distribution may be broader than previously documented ...
Pierre-Edouard Fournier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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