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Diagnostic Value of IgA Antibody Measurement in Tick-Borne Spotted Fever (Astrakhan Rickettsial Fever)

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Tick-borne spotted fevers caused by Rickettsia occur worldwide. The symptoms of this bacterial infection are similar to those of viral infection, and thus, diagnostic accuracy has special clinical importance.
Nina S. Smirnova, Alexey V. Kostarnoy, Alexey V. Kondratev, Petya G. Gancheva, Daniil A. Grumov, Alexander L. Gintsburg   +5 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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High Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus Bacteria in Patients with Febrile Illness, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Serum samples from patients in Kenya with febrile illnesses were screened for antibodies against bacteria that cause spotted fever, typhus, and scrub typhus. Seroprevalence was 10% for spotted fever group,
Jacqueline W. Thiga, Beth K. Mutai, Wurapa K. Eyako, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards, John N. Waitumbi   +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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Rickettsioses as Major Etiologies of Unrecognized Acute Febrile Illness, Sabah, East Malaysia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Orientia tsutsugamushi, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses (TGR) are reemerging causes of acute febrile illness (AFI) in Southeast Asia. To further delineate extent, we enrolled patients >4 weeks of age with nonmalarial AFI
Matthew J. Grigg, Timothy William, Emily G. Clemens, Kaajal Patel, Arjun Chandna, Christopher S. Wilkes, Bridget E. Barber, Nicholas M. Anstey, J. Stephen Dumler, Tsin W. Yeo, Megan E. Reller   +10 more
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SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIA IN DOGS IN JAPAN

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology, 1989
Prevalence of antibody against spotted fever group-rickettsia in dogs (14/134) from the northern part of Shikoku Island, where spotted fever group rickettsia infection in human is endemic, is significantly higher than that in dogs (4/189) from nonendemic areas.
MORITA, Chiharu, TSUBOI, Yoshimasa, IIDA, Akihiro, MOHRI, Shirou, HANDA, Sumio, FUKUI, Masanobu   +5 more
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Flinders Island Spotted Fever Rickettsioses Caused by “marmionii” Strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis, with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43 ...
Nathan B. Unsworth, John Stenos, Stephen R. Graves, Antony G. Faa, G. Erika Cox, John R. Dyer, Craig S. Boutlis, Amanda M. Lane, Matthew D. Shaw, Jennifer Robson, Michael D. Nissen   +10 more
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Chiba Prefecture

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 1992
In Chiba Prefecture, the first patient of infection with spotted fever group Rickettsia was found in 1987, thereafter nine patients were detected serologically by the end of 1990. Patients were found in the villages of Amatsukominato, Katsuura and Ootaki, which were located in southern part of Chiba Prefecture. The illness occurred from June to October.
KAIHO, Ikuo, TOKIEDA, Masayoshi, TANAKA, Hiroshi, KAWAMURA, Akiyoshi   +3 more
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Bilateral Sensorineural Deafness in a Young Pregnant Female Presenting with a Fever: A Rare Complication of a Reemerging Disease—Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses

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, D. R. Palangasinghe, C. L. Fonseka, P. U. T. De Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, N. J. Dahanayaka   +5 more
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Spotted-Fever Group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis, Maryland

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Three-hundred ninety-two adult Dermacentor variabilis were collected from six Maryland counties during the spring, summer, and fall of 2002. Infection prevalence for spotted fever group Rickettsia was 3.8%, as determined by polymerase chain reaction ...
Nicole C. Ammerman, Katherine I. Swanson, Jennifer M. Anderson, Timothy R. Schwartz, Eric C. Seaberg, Gregory E. Glass, Douglas E. Norris   +6 more
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