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Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses
Parasites & 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
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Human Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest, Urabá, Colombia
Emerging 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
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Viruses, 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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Exotic Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus: fact or artifact? [PDF]
, 2010 Several pathogenic Rickettsia species can be transmitted via Ixodes ricinus ticks to humans and animals. Surveys of I. ricinus for the presence of Rickettsiae using part of its 16S rRNA gene yield a plethora of new and different Rickettsia sequences ...
Fonville, M. +4 more
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Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina
Emerging 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
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesA 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 +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 +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. +10 more
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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 +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 +17 more
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