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Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Underdiagnosis of fatal spotted fever may be attributed to nonspecific clinical features and insensitive acute-phase serologic studies. We describe the importance of molecular and immunohistochemical methods in establishing the postmortem diagnosis of ...
Miriam Weinberger +8 more
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Distribution and Ecological Drivers of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Asia
EcoHealth, 2019 Spotted fever group and related rickettsia (SFGR) are a neglected group of pathogens that belong to the genus Rickettsia. SFGR are zoonotic and are transmitted by arthropod vectors, primarily ticks, fleas and mites to accidental hosts. These emerging and
Jaruwan Satjanadumrong +3 more
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background. Rickettsial illnesses are a group of arthropod-borne remerging diseases. They are subdivided into three groups as typhus, spotted fever, and scrub typhus group.
A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam +5 more
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Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Although RMSF was first reported in Colombia in 1937, it remains a neglected disease.
Marylin Hidalgo +7 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 +17 more
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2019 Spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR), including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), are nationally notifiable diseases in the United States caused by spotted fever group Rickettsia. The annual incidence of SFR increased from 1.7 cases per 1 million persons
A. Binder +2 more
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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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mBio, 2022 The etiological agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia rickettsii, is an obligately intracellular pathogen that induces the polymerization of actin filaments to propel the bacterium through the cytoplasm and spread to new host cells.
Adam M. Nock +2 more
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Fatal Brazilian Spotted Fever Associated with Dogs and Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks, Brazil, 2013
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 In São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil, Amblyomma aureolatum ticks are the main vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Brazilian spotted fever.
Elisa S.M.M. Savani +7 more
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Israeli Spotted Fever in Sicily. Description of two cases and minireview
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is endemic in Italy, where Rickettsia conorii subsp. conorii was thought to be the only pathogenic rickettsia and Rhipicephalus sanguineus the vector and main reservoir. R. conorii subsp.
Claudia Colomba +6 more
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