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Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 We report a clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis acquired in São Paulo, Brazil. Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples.
Marcelo B Labruna +2 more
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Severe Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Australia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 We report 3 cases of spotted fever group rickettsial infection (presumed Queensland tick typhus) in residents of northern Queensland, Australia, who had unusually severe clinical manifestations.
William J.H. McBride +3 more
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First Serologic Evidence of Human Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Korea [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2004 ABSTRACT To investigate the prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsioses in Korea, a serosurvey of Japanese spotted fever rickettsiosis in patients with acute febrile illness was conducted with an indirect immunofluorescence assay.
Won-Jong Jang +2 more
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Candidatus Rickettsia xinyangensis as Cause of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis, Xinyang, China, 2015 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In 2015, we evaluated 221 patients with undifferentiated fever and tick bite or animal exposure in Xinyang, China, for Rickettsia infection. Three with mild disease were infected with Candidatus R. xinyangensis, which clustered with R.
Hao Li +9 more
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Possible Case of Novel Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Traveler Returning to Japan from India [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 A 60-year-old woman experienced fever, headache, rash, and altered vision after returning to Japan from India. Testing detected elevated antibody titers to spotted fever group rickettsia; PCR on blood yielded positive results for the rickettsial outer ...
Ichiro Takajo +13 more
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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2010 The authors present a fatal case of spotted fever group rickettsiosis (SFGR) caused by Rickettsia conorii conorii mimicking a hemorrhagic viral fever in a South African male on a business trip in Brazil. SFGR was confirmed by molecular and immunohistochemical analyses.
Alexsandra R Favacho +2 more
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Rickettsia japonica infections in Huanggang, China, in 2021
IDCases, 2021 Two patients from Huanggang, China, were diagnosed with spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis—caused by spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR)—in 2021.
Wei Li, Su-nan Liu
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Causative agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1990 Since 1984, it has been known that spotted fever group rickettsiosis exists in Japan. We isolated three strains of the causative rickettsiae, designated Katayama, Misaka, and Abe, from patients with the disease and studied the characteristics of the isolates. Nude mice and cyclophosphamide-treated mice died after infection with the isolates.
T, Okada, Y, Tange, Y, Kobayashi
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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 +5 more
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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Israel, 2010–2019
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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