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Mediterranean Spotted Fever: Current Knowledge and Recent Advances
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an emerging tick-borne rickettsiosis of the spotted fever group (SFG), endemic in the Mediterranean basin. By virtue of technological innovations in molecular genetics, it has been determined that the causative agent ...
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Tick-borne spotted fevers caused by Rickettsia occur worldwide. The symptoms of this bacterial infection are similar to those of viral infection, and thus, diagnostic accuracy has special clinical importance.
Nina S. Smirnova +5 more
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Virulence potential of Rickettsia amblyommatis for spotted fever pathogenesis in mice
Pathogens and Disease, 2021 Rickettsia amblyommatis belongs to the spotted fever group of Rickettsia and infects Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star ticks) for transmission to offspring and mammals. Historically, the geographic range of A.
W. Yen +5 more
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Journal of medical entomology, 2021 Spotted fever group rickettsiae, mainly maintained and transmitted by ticks, are important etiological agents of (re)emerging zoonotic diseases worldwide.
Qian Wang +20 more
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Purpura fulminans and spotted fever: A case series from South India
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2022 Purpura fulminans (PF) is associated with acute infections such as meningococcal, staphylococcal, streptococcal, and rickettsial infections. However, there are only a few reports of association of PF with rickettsial fever from India. In this case series
Karthik Gunasekaran +4 more
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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 +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 +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 +7 more
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Journal of medical entomology, 2020 The invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, was first detected in the United States in 2017. It has since been found in 12 states, and there is concern that the tick's parthenogenetic ability and wide variety of host species ...
Hannah M Stanley +6 more
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