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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Serum samples from patients in Kenya with febrile illnesses were screened for antibodies against bacteria that cause spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus. Seroprevalence was 10% for spotted fever group,
Jacqueline W. Thiga +6 more
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Malignant Mediterranean spotted fever
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2015 Fever with rash is one of the most common causes of referral to a dermatologist. A plethora of conditions need to be considered in the differential diagnosis. They may be broadly classified into infectious causes, drug reactions, and autoimmune disorders.
Snehal Balvant Lunge +3 more
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Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia DNA by Deep Sequencing
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 After conventional molecular and serologic testing failed to diagnose the cause of illness, deep sequencing identified spotted fever group Rickettsia DNA in a patient’s blood sample. Sequences belonged to R.
Rikki M.A. Graham +3 more
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Rickettsia honei Infection in Human, Nepal, 2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 We report a case of Rickettsia honei infection in a human in Nepal. The patient had severe illness and many clinical features typical of Flinders Island spotted fever.
Holly Murphy +4 more
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Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum Ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009–2010
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 We detected Rickettsia parkeri in 20%−33% of Amblyomma maculatum ticks sampled in North Carolina. Results highlight the high frequencies of R. parkeri–infected ticks in the state with the highest annual incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ...
Andrea S. Varela-Stokes +3 more
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Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 We report a clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis acquired in São Paulo, Brazil. Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples.
Mariana G. Spolidorio +5 more
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An update on the epidemiological situation of spotted fever in Brazil
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2016 Background Spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsial disease. In Brazil, its notification to the Ministry of Health is compulsory. Since 2007, cases of spotted fever have been integrated to the Notifiable Diseases Information System, and epidemiological
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira +10 more
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Mediterranean spotted fever as a cause of septic shock
IDCases, 2019 Mediterranean spotted fever is a generally benign disease but with the potential of serious manifestations.We report a case of Mediterranean spotted fever in a 56-year–old woman, with pet dog exposure, who presented with a septic shock pattern.
M. Abdeljelil +8 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996 This paper reports the first isolation of a spotted fever group rickettsia from an Amblyomma cooperi ixodid collected from a capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in an endemic area of spotted fever in the County of Pedreira, State of São Paulo, Brazil ...
Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos +7 more
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003 We report cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cases occurred in May and June of 2000.
Galvão Márcio Antônio Moreira +6 more
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