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A fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever in a non-endemic area in Brazil: the importance of having health professionals who understand the disease and its areas of transmission.

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Because of its high case-fatality rate and apparent increase in areas of transmission, it is considered to be the rickettsial illness of primary public health interest. Cases
S. V. Oliveira   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Estudo da infecção por Rickettsias do grupo da febre maculosa em humanos e carrapatos de um parque urbano na Cidade de Londrina, Estado do Paraná [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Spotted fevers are emerging zoonoses caused by Rickettsia species in the spotted fever group (SFG). Rickettsia rickettsii is the main etiologic agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) and it is transmitted by Amblyomma spp. ticks.
DUMLER, John Stephen   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Scavenger dynamics at cervid carcasses in a chronic wasting disease endemic zone

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
This study quantifies scavenger species use of 20 deer carcasses in a chronic wasting disease endemic zone, including species‐specific time spent on carcasses and carcass materials consumed. We discuss the implications of our results for scavengers' roles in potential disease transmission dynamics.
Kelly C. Bye   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Panama

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues.
Dora Estripeaut   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Auricular Perichondritis in the Cartilage Piercing Era

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
The demographics, clinical presentation, treatment, and complications of piercing‐induced auricular perichondritis (P‐IAP) and piercing‐free auricular perichondritis (P‐FAP) were studied. P‐IAP has different demographics, comorbidities, disease course, and microbiology compared to P‐FAP.
Omer J. Ungar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case of Tick-borne Spotted Fever in a Child Arriving from the Crimea

open access: yesДетские инфекции (Москва), 2018
A case of Tick-borne spotted fever in a child after a visit to an endemic region, the Republic of Crimea, is described. The disease caused difficulty in terms of clinical diagnosis, which led to the delayed prescription of specific therapy with ...
N. N. Zvereva   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2016
Birds are important hosts and dispersers of parasitic arthropods and vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. Particularly migratory species may carry these parasites over long distances in short time periods. Migratory hotspots present ideal conditions to get a
Ioan-Daniel Mărcuţan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Immunology of human rickettsial diseases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Among human rickettsial diseases caused by micro-organisms of the genus Rickettsia (Order Rickettsiales; Family Rickettsiaceae), transmitted to human hosts through arthropod vectors, Mediterranean Spotted Fever, or Boutonneuse Fever, and Rocky Mountain ...
ARCOLEO F   +5 more
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