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Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members ...
Ricardo Palacios-Santana, Lihua Wei, Nadia A. Fernandez-Santos, Mario A. Rodriguez-Perez, Sergio Uriegas-Camargo, Nicole L. Mendell, Donald H. Bouyer, Jose Guillermo Estrada-Franco   +7 more
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Spotted fever is a common rickettsial disease in India. It is caused by Rickettsia conorii, which demonstrates vascular tropism and causes endothelial injury. Ocular manifestations include multifocal retinitis and disc edema.
Sohini Das, George A Ninan, Smitha Jasper, Minu George, Ramya Iyadurai   +4 more
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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient.
Yamitzel Zaldívar, Michelle Hernández, Lillian Domínguez, Lisseth Saénz, Santiago Montilla, Maria E. Barnett de Antinori, Felipe S. Krawczak, Sergio Bermúdez   +7 more
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Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population.
Zhongqiu Teng, Ping Gong, Wen Wang, Na Zhao, Xiaojing Jin, Xiangrong Sun, Haijian Zhou, Junlin Lu, Xuebing Lin, Bohai Wen, Biao Kan, Jianguo Xu, Tian Qin   +12 more
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Etiology of Severe Non-malaria Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

, 2013
The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner.
AJ Bouley, Anne B. Morrissey, B Nadjm, B Nadjm, B Pastorino, BM Greenwood, CA Petti, Charles Muiruri, CIR Chandler, CJ Murray, CJ Murray, DC Clifton, DR Feikin, EA Reddy, Eng Eong Ooi, Grace D. Kinabo, H Reyburn, HM Biggs, JA Berkley, JA Crump, JA Crump, JA Crump, JA Crump, John A. Bartlett, John A. Crump, JT Hertz, K Baltzell, LE Scott, LK Archibald, M Amexo, M Prabhu, Mathieu Picardeau, MD Bajani, MK Mayhood, MM Levine, N Scaramozzino, OS Levine, PA Connolly, PL Petit, R Lozano, Renee L. Galloway, Robert F. Massung, Robyn A. Stoddard, SI Hay, SJ Olsen, SL Brown, SM Graham, SM Lofgren, TJ O'Dempsey, Venance P. Maro, Wilbrod Saganda, William L. Nicholson, YL Lai   +52 more
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Spotting the spotted fever

Biomedicine, 2020
With a surge in rickettsial infections in our country, there is an apparent necessity to upgrade the laboratory expertise to detect the same. We were able to arrive at a diagnosis of rickettsial Spotted fever in a child who presented with fever and rash with the support of appropriate investigations.  
Palanisamy Soundararajan, Jothimani Pradeep, Vikneswari Karthiga Serane, Selvaraj Stephen   +3 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Human Infection with Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Genotype, China, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Only 4 species of spotted fever group rickettsiae have been detected in humans in China. However, phylogenetic analysis of samples from 5 ill patients in China indicated infection with a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, designated Rickettsia sp ...
Hao Li, Xiao-Ming Cui, Ning Cui, Zhen-Dong Yang, Jian-Gong Hu, Ya-Di Fan, Xue-Juan Fan, Lan Zhang, Pan-He Zhang, Wu-Chun Cao, Li-Qun Fang   +10 more
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Non-structural proteins of arthropod-borne bunyaviruses: roles and functions [PDF]

, 2013
Viruses within the Bunyaviridae family are tri-segmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses. The family includes several emerging and re-emerging viruses of humans, animals and plants, such as Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus ...
Alain Kohl, Anne-Lie Blomström, Delhaye, Dunn, Esther Schnettler, Geerts-Dimitriadou, Hampsey, Isabelle Dietrich, Kakach, Lanciotti, Nagata, Saleh Eifan, Storms, Verbruggen, Wijkamp, Yadani, Ye, Zhao   +17 more
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Rapid, simple, and sensitive detection of the ompB gene of spotted fever group rickettsiae by loop-mediated isothermal amplification [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Spotted fever caused spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) is prevalent throughout China. In this study, we describe a rapid, simple, and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the ompB gene of spotted fever ...
Guiqiang Wang, Lei Pan, Lijuan Zhang, Qinghui Liu   +3 more
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