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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks, Germany
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To explore increased risk for human Rickettsia spp. infection in Germany, we investigated recreational areas and renatured brown coal surface-mining sites (also used for recreation) for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks. R. raoultii (56.7%), R. slovaca (13.3%), and R.
Cornelia Silaghi +4 more
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Survey of vector-borne agents in feral cats and first report of Babesia gibsoni in cats on St Kitts, West Indies [PDF]
, 2017 Background: As there is little data on vector-borne diseases of cats in the Caribbean region and even around the world, we tested feral cats from St Kitts by PCR to detect infections with Babesia, Ehrlichia and spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and
Branford, Gillian Carmichael +8 more
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Amblyomma maculatum Feeding Augments Rickettsia parkeri Infection in a Rhesus Macaque Model: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Rickettsia parkeri is an emerging eschar-causing human pathogen in the spotted fever group of Rickettsia and is transmitted by the Gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum.
Kaikhushroo H Banajee +5 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
, 2014 Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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Surface proteins of typhus and spotted fever group rickettsiae [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1978 Six proteins, previously established as major constituents of intact organisms, were identified in cell envelopes obtained from intrinsically radiolabeled Rickettsia prowazekii. Extrinsic radioiodination of intact organisms conducted at 0.5 micronM iodide indicated that protein 4 was the most peripheral, although protein 1 also had reactive groups ...
J V, Osterman, C S, Eisemann
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Infecção por riquétsias em carrapatos de aves silvestres em duas ecorregiões da Argentina [PDF]
, 2016 Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Borges Costa, Francisco +4 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996 This paper reports the first isolation of a spotted fever group rickettsia from an Amblyomma cooperi ixodid collected from a capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in an endemic area of spotted fever in the County of Pedreira, State of São Paulo, Brazil ...
Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos +7 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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A rickettsia infection from Saudi Arabia
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 We here present a young patient who developed fever, headache, maculopapular skin rash and an eschar 3 days following a tick bite. Serology for Rickettsia was consistent with acute spotted fever group (SFG) infection.
Fatehi E. Elzein +4 more
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]
, 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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