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Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
The emergence and reemergence of a serious infectious disease are often associated with a high case-fatality rate because of misdiagnosis and inappropriate or delayed treatment.
Márcio Antonio Moreira Galvão, J. Stephen Dumler, Cláudio Lísias Mafra, Simone Berger Calic, Chequer Buffe Chamone, Gracco Cesarino Filho, Juan Pablo Olano, David H. Walker   +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, Calic Simone Berger, Chamone Chequer Buffe, Mafra S. Cláudio Lísias, Cesarino Filho Gracco, Olano Juan Pablo, Walker David Hughes   +6 more
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Serological Evidence of Exposure to Spotted Fever Group and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Australian Wildlife Rehabilitators

, 2021
Rickettsioses are arthropod-borne zoonotic diseases, several of which occur in Australia. This study aimed to assess the exposure levels and risk factors for Rickettsia spp.
Graves, Stephen, Karen O. Mathews, Norris, Jacqueline M, Chelsea Nguyen, Stenos, John, Toribio, Jenny-Ann, Sheehy, Paul A, Stephen Graves, Phalen, David, Wood, Nicholas, Jacqueline M. Norris, David Phalen, Nguyen, Chelsea, Jenny-Ann Toribio, Paul A. Sheehy, John Stenos, Nicholas Wood, Katrina L. Bosward, Mathews, Karen O, Bosward, Katrina L   +19 more
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Epidemiology of Brucellosis and Q Fever in Linked Human and Animal Populations in Northern Togo [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Although brucellosis (Brucella spp.) and Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii) are zoonoses of global importance, very little high quality data are available from West Africa. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A serosurvey was conducted in Togo's main
Bassirou Bonfoh, Esther Schelling, G Aboudou Boukaya, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Abalo E Kulo, Amidou, Moussa, Boukaya, G. Aboudou, Hattendorf, Jan, Schelling, Esther, Kulo, Abalo E., Pilo, Paola, Moussa Amidou, Paola Pilo, Anna S Dean, Dean, Anna S., Jan Hattendorf   +15 more
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Regulator of Actin-Based Motility (RoaM) Downregulates Actin Tail Formation by Rickettsia rickettsii and Is Negatively Selected in Mammalian Cell Culture

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, Tina R. Clark, Ted Hackstadt   +2 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiae

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
We report a Astrakhan ricketsiosis fever in woman who came from Astrakhan. On admission she had fever, intoxication syndrome, exanthema. In complex examination of blood serum by ELISA were reveled IgM and IgG to Rickettsia conorii on the 15th day of the ...
Elena Volchkova, Karina Umbetova, Lyudmila Karan, Yuliya Konnova, Andrew Gorobchenko, Olga Belaia, Elena Burdova   +6 more
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Association between Growth Rate and Pathogenicity of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia amblyommatis are spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) associated with Amblyomma ticks. R. parkeri is a recognized human pathogen that causes an eschar-associated febrile illness, while R.
Apichai Bourchookarn, Christopher D. Paddock, Kevin R. Macaluso, Walairat Bourchookarn   +3 more
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Molecular evidence of novel spotted fever group rickettsia species in amblyomma albolimbatum ticks from the shingleback skink (Tiliqua rugosa) in southern western australia [PDF]

, 2021
Tick-borne infectious diseases caused by obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus Rickettsia are a growing global problem to human and animal health.
Tadepalli, M, Gemma Vincent, Graves, Stephen, Hii, Sze Fui, Watharow, Simon, Hii, SF, Stenos, John, Watharow, S, Simon Watharow, Graves, S, Stephen Graves, Mythili Tadepalli, Vincent, G, Vincent, Gemma, Stenos, J, Sze Fui Hii, John Stenos, Tadepalli, Mythili   +17 more
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Diagnosis of spotted fever group rickettsia infections: the Asian perspective [PDF]

, 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
Hughes, T, Blacksell, SD, Stenos, John, Blacksell, Stuart, Robinson, M, Robinson, Matthew T, Blacksell, Stuart D, Robinson, Matthew, Satjanadumrong, J, Blacksell, S, Hughes, Tom, Robinson, MT, Stenos, J, Satjanadumrong, Jaruwan   +13 more
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