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Japanese Spotted Fever, South Korea
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 We describe the first case of Japanese spotted fever and the first isolate of spotted fever group rickettsia from a patient in South Korea. The isolated rickettsia from the patient was identified as Rickettsia japonica by analysis of the nucleotide ...
Moon-Hyun Chung +8 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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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus, murine typhus and spotted fever groups in North Korean refugees
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of antibodies against scrub typhus, murine typhus and spotted fever groups among North Korean refugees within 1 year of their arrival in South Korea.
Jihye Um +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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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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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN BRAZIL, 2010-2020
Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, 2023 Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsiosis. The main clinical signs and symptoms are fever, severe headache, rashes and myalgia. It is considered difficult to diagnose and underreported.
Fernanda Cristina Poscai Ribeiro +4 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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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 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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A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA. [PDF]
Ticks Tick Borne DisSpotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are increasingly recognized worldwide as threats to public health. Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia parkeri, and Rickettsia rickettsii subspecies californica cause spotted fever rickettsioses, including Rocky ...
Xu G +5 more
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