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Characterization of rickettsia rickettsii in a case of Fatal Brazilian spotted fever in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
A lethal case of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is presented. Clinical features were initially of gastrointestinal involvement and evolved with progression to septic shock, meningoencephalitis and death on the 6th day of illness.
Cristiane Lamas, Alexsandra Favacho, Tatiana Rozental, Márcio N. Bóia, Andrei H. Kirsten, Alexandro Guterres, Jairo Barreira, Elba Regina S. de Lemos   +7 more
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Rickettsia mongolotimonae: A Rare Pathogen in France

Emerging 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, Hervé Tissot-Dupont, Hervé Gallais, Didier Raoult   +3 more
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Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia [PDF]

, 2007
Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43 ...
Boutlis, Craig S., Cox, G. Erika, Dyer, John R., Faa, Antony G., Graves, Stephen R., Lane, Amanda M., Nissen, Michael D., Robson, Jennifer, Shaw, Matthew D., Stenos, John, Unsworth, Nathan B.   +10 more
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Rickettsia typhi as Cause of Fatal Encephalitic Typhus in Hospitalized Patients, Hamburg, Germany, 1940–1944

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
We evaluated formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 7 patients who died with encephalitic typhus in Hamburg, Germany, during World War II.
Jessica Rauch, Birgit Muntau, Petra Eggert, Dennis Tappe   +3 more
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Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat [PDF]

, 2015
Since the beginning of the 1980s, 33 emerging tick-borne agents have been identified in mainland China, including eight species of spotted fever group rickettsiae, seven species in the family Anaplasmataceae, six genospecies in the complex Borrelia ...
Cao, Wu-Chun, Chen, Wan-Jun, Fang, Li-Qun, Gray, Gregory C., Jiang, Jia-Fu, Krause, Peter J., Li, Hao, Li, Xin-Lou, Liang, Song, Liu, Kun, Liu, Wei, Ma, Mai-Juan, Sun, Ruo-Xi, Sun, Ye, Yang, X. Frank, Yang, Yang, Yao, Hong-Wu, Zuo, Shu-Qing   +17 more
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Underdiagnosis of Rickettsiosis in Primary Health Care Facilities: A Cross-sectional Study in Jakarta, Indonesia

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
AIM: To establish the rate of rickettsiosis among patients presenting acute febrile illnesses at primary healthcare facilities in Jakarta, Indonesia. BACKGROUND: Rickettsiosis is a major public health problem in Indonesia.
Aiman Idrus Alatas, Delly Chipta Lestari, Khie Chen Lie, Dewi Lokida, Suratno Lulut Ratnoglik   +4 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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Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogen diversities in ticks from livestock and reptiles along the shores and adjacent islands of lake Victoria and lake Baringo, Kenya [PDF]

, 2017
Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) are responsible for some of the most serious emerging infectious diseases facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the rest of the world today (1, 2).
Ajamma, Allsopp, Altschul, Andoh, Bengis, Burgdorfer, Burridge, Collins, Cook, Crowder, Crump, Dantas-Torres, Daszak, de la Fuente, De Sousa, Drummond, Dunster, Fyumagwa, Ghai, Gortazar, Gubbels, Guindon, Hess, Homewood, Horak, Hornok, Kamani, Kariuki, Katoh, Kearse, Kelly, Kiara, Kipkorir, Kock, Kumsa, Latif, Latif, Lwande, Machado-Ferreira, Maina, Maina, Mati, Matsumoto, Maxwell, Mediannikov, Miller, Minakawa, Mokrani, Morzaria, Moumouni, Mukhebi, Mwamuye, Ngumi, Njiiri, Norval, Nowak, Olwoch, Omondi, Onchuru, Oura, Parola, Parola, Punyua, Rosenstein, Rubaire-Akiiki, Saitou, Sang, Sang, Thumbi, Tigoi, Tijsse-Klassen, Tokarz, Trout Fryxell, Uilenberg, Walker, Walker, Walker, Walker, Wanzala, Wanzala, Wen, Wesonga, Wesonga, Whiley, Wiethoelter, Zhu   +85 more
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Characterization of the Hemagglutinin Gene of Morbillivirus canis in Domestic Dogs from the Mid-Western Area of Brazil

Veterinary Sciences
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a serious and often fatal disease caused by Morbillivirus canis, which affects domestic dogs and wild carnivores, with case-fatality rates reaching up to 47%.
Mayara Lima Kavasaki, Aneliza de Oliveira Souza, Amanda Noeli da Silva Campos, Isis Indaiara Gonçalves Granjeiro Taques, Rachel Vieira Paes de Barros, Sofia de Souza Pereira Gomes, Nathalia Assis Pereira, Tayane Bruna Soares Magalhães, Edson Viana Massoli Junior, Lucas Avelino D. Pavelegini, Luiz Donizete Campeiro Junior, Bruno Gomes de Castro, Michele Lunardi, Daniel Moura de Aguiar   +13 more
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Development of a duplex real-time PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp. and typhus group rickettsia in clinical samples. [PDF]

, 2011
Molecular diagnosis using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may allow earlier diagnosis of rickettsiosis. We developed a duplex real-time PCR that amplifies (1) DNA of any rickettsial species and (2) DNA of both typhus group rickettsia, that is ...
Cometta, A., Giulieri, S., Greub, G., Jaton, K., Trellu, L.T.   +4 more
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