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Molecular pathogenesis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever: a brief review

IMC Journal of Medical Science, 2021
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia, a diverse group of small Gram-negative rod-shaped α-proteobacteria, and obligates intracellular pathogens, which are free-living in hosts' cell cytoplasm and are ...
Peter Uteh Upla, Bashiru Sani, Naja’atu Shehu Hadi, Fatima Yusuf Al-Mustapha, Kabiru Shuaibu   +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
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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
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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
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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
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Adult Onset Still's Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
Adult Still's Disease was first described in 1971 by Bywaters in fourteen adult female patients who presented with symptoms indistinguishable from that of classic childhood Still's Disease (Bywaters, 1971).
Paul Persad, Rajendrakumar Patel, Niki Patel   +2 more
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Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Like Illness, Northern California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The incidence of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses in the United States has tripled since 2010. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the most severe SFG rickettsiosis, is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii.
Will S. Probert, Monica P. Haw, Aran C. Nichol, Carol A. Glaser, Sarah Y. Park, Laura E. Campbell, Kavita K. Trivedi, Hannah Romo, Megan E.M. Saunders, Anne M. Kjemtrup, Kerry A. Padgett, Jill K. Hacker   +11 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2017
The tick-borne disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) can have deadly outcomes unless treated appropriately, yet nonspecific flu-like symptoms complicate diagnosis. Occupational health nurses must have a high index of suspicion with symptomatic workers and recognize that recent recreational or occupational activities with potential tick exposure ...
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Q Fever with Unusual Exposure History: A Classic Presentation of a Commonly Misdiagnosed Disease

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012
We describe the case of a man presumptively diagnosed and treated for Rocky Mountain spotted fever following exposure to multiple ticks while riding horses.
Randall J. Nett, Earl Book, Alicia D. Anderson   +2 more
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Rickettsial Fever Presenting with Gangrene: A Case Series [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Rickettsial diseases comprise a wide spectrum of diseases which are reported from different parts of India quiet long ago. Many cases of rickettsial diseases go undiagnos due to lack of diagnostic techniques and the reported incidence and prevalence may
Arun Prasannan, Premalatha Ramaswamy, Vinitha K. Anirudhan   +2 more
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