Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 Background Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, has been associated with the transmission by the tick Amblyomma sculptum, and one of its main hosts, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).
H. R. Luz +28 more
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Diagnosis of spotted fever group Rickettsia infections: the Asian perspective
Epidemiology and Infection, 2019 Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFG) are a neglected group of bacteria, belonging to the genus Rickettsia, that represent a large number of new and emerging infectious diseases with a worldwide distribution. The diseases are zoonotic and are transmitted
Matthew T. Robinson +4 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colombia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s.
Marylin Hidalgo +12 more
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Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis as a Complication of Israeli Spotted Fever
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Rickettsia spp. human infection is endemic in Portugal in the form of Mediterranean spotted fever caused by R. conorii subsp. conorii and Israeli spotted fever (ISF) caused by R. conorii subsp. israelensis.
Maria Margarida Andrade +6 more
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Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks, northern China.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2019 Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae are important causative agents of (re)emerging tick-borne infectious diseases in humans, and ticks play a key role in their maintenance and transmission.
Wen-Ping Guo +6 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]
, 2017 This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan +6 more
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Diversity of spotted fever group rickettsiae and their association with host ticks in Japan
Scientific Reports, 2019 Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae are obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria mainly associated with ticks. In Japan, several hundred cases of Japanese spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia japonica, are reported annually.
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The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change:a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]
, 2013 Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of climate change, few have considered what public health interventions may be of ...
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Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. [PDF]
, 2017 An increasing number of emerging tick-borne diseases has been reported in the United States since the 1970s. Using metagenomic next generation sequencing, we detected nucleic acid sequences from 2 novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae and an emerging ...
Bouquet, Jerome +5 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Rickettsia parkeri strain Atlantic rainforest has emerged in Brazil during the last 10 years, with three laboratory-confirmed human cases. While these cases were epidemiologically associated with the tick Amblyomma ovale, in none of them the tick ...
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