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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in dogs has been reported solely in the United States. We report 2 natural clinical cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs in Brazil. Each case was confirmed by seroconversion and molecular analysis
Marcelo B. Labruna, Orson Kamakura, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Mauricio C. Horta, Richard C. Pacheco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A case of rocky mountain spotted fever without eschar as a cause of pyrexia with multiple organ failure [PDF]

, 2017
Rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a rickettsia disease frequently reported from North America and Europe and transmitted by tick bite. This disease is very rare in India and other parts of South East Asia.
Balakrishnaa, Arjun M., Gupta, Pulin K., Mahto, Subodh K., Sareen, Sahil, Suman, Sumit K.   +4 more
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Feeding Period Required by Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks for Transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii to Vertebrate Hosts

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is endemic to the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil, where the etiologic agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted to humans by adult Amblyomma aureolatum ticks.
Danilo G. Saraiva, Herbert S. Soares, João Fábio Soares, Marcelo B. Labruna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia rickettsii Co-feeding Transmission among Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Amblyomma aureolatum ticks are vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil. Maintenance of R. rickettsii in nature depends on horizontal transmission along tick generations.
Jonas Moraes-Filho, Francisco B. Costa, Monize Gerardi, Herbert S. Soares, Marcelo B. Labruna   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A.
Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Barbara C. Hegarty, Ricardo G. Maggi, Paul M. Lantos, Denise M. Aslett, Julie M. Bradley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geospatial Analysis of Rickettsial Species [PDF]

, 2019
Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne bacteria with a potential to cause multiple diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).
Frank, Amy
core   +3 more sources

Experimental infection of dogs with a brazilian strain of Rickettsia rickettsii: clinical and laboratory findings [PDF]

, 2008
The bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the etiological agent of an acute, severe disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States or Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) in Brazil.
FACCINI, João Luiz Horácio, HAGIWARA, Mitika Kuribayashi, LABRUNA, Marcelo Bahia, PACHECO, Richard de Campos, PINTER, Adriano, PIRANDA, E. M, SAITO, Taís Berelli   +6 more
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Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
wiley   +1 more source

Tick-Borne Diseases and Pregnancy: A Narrative Review Evaluating Pregnancy Complications Caused by Tick-Borne Diseases

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Ticks are vectors of public health concern because the pathogens they transmit can cause detrimental diseases in humans. Lyme disease, tick-borne relapsing fever, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tick-borne encephalitis ...
Michael W. Curtis, Job E. Lopez
doaj   +1 more source

Geospatial Analysis of Rickettsial Species in Arkansas [PDF]

, 2019
Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne bacteria with a potential to cause multiple diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).
Dowling, Ashley P.G., Frank, Amy D
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