Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Israel, 2010–2019 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 In a multicenter, nationwide, retrospective study of patients hospitalized with spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Israel during 2010–2019, we identified 42 cases, of which 36 were autochthonous.
Regev Cohen +18 more
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Questing Ticks, Central Spain [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013 These results demonstrate that SFG rickettsiae with public health relevance are found in ticks in central Spain as in other regions in Spain. In central Spain, the widespread distribution of tick vectors and possible wildlife hosts, the presence of ...
Isabel G. Fernández de Mera +5 more
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Neuroinflammation associated with scrub typhus and spotted fever group rickettsioses. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Scrub typhus and spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) are understudied, vector-borne diseases of global significance. Over 1 billion individuals are at risk for scrub typhus alone in an endemic region, spanning across eastern and southern Asia to Northern ...
James Fisher, Galen Card, Lynn Soong
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia spp. Diversity in Ticks and the First Report of Rickettsia hoogstraalii in Romania. [PDF]
Vet Sci, 2022 Simple Summary Ticks are important parasites that feed on the blood of various host species, representing the most important arthropods transmitting diseases in Europe.
Ivan T +9 more
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses among Hospitalized Patients and Circulation of Rickettsia in Ticks, Kazakhstan, 2019 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesTesting for spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) and the criteria for identifying suspected patients are not routinely used in Kazakhstan. In 2019, we performed a cross-sectional study in 6 sentinel hospitals in the Pavlodar region.
Yekaterina V. Bumburidi +14 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Japanese spotted fever, a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia japonica, was firstly described in southwestern Japan. There was a suspicion of Rickettsia japonica infected ticks reaching the non-endemic Niigata Prefecture after a confirmed case of ...
Reiko Arai +11 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 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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A molecular survey of spotted fever group rickettsiae in introduced raccoons (Procyon lotor) [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background The raccoon Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora; Procyonidae) is one of the most important and most intensively studied invasive mammal species in Europe.
Joanna Hildebrand +5 more
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Rapid, simple, and sensitive detection of the
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012 Background Spotted fever caused spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) is prevalent throughout China. In this study, we describe a rapid, simple, and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the ompB gene of spotted fever ...
Pan Lei +3 more
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A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA [PDF]
Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesSpotted 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 ...
Guang Xu +5 more
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