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Relationship of parasites and pathogens diversity to rodents in Thailand [PDF]

, 2009
International audienceRodents have proven to be of increasing importance in transmitting diseases to humans in recent decades, through the emergence of worldwide epidemics and, in Thailand, through the emergence of leptospirosis and scrub typhus ...
Arreesrisom, Peera, Herbreteau, Vincent, Hugot, Jean-Pierre, Jittapalapong, Sathaporn, Karnchanabanthoeng, Anamika, Morand, Serge, Rerkamnuaychoke, Worawut   +6 more
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Scrub typhus causing myocarditis and ARDS: A case report

Heart India, 2013
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is endemic in the so-called "tsutsugamushi triangle". There is a wide spectrum of presentation of the disease ranging from uncomplicated febrile illness to life-threatening sepsis with multiorgan ...
Sai Lakshmikanth Bharathi, S Jayachandran, N Senthil, S Sujatha   +3 more
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Utility of next-generation sequencing for the etiological diagnosis of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection

Infectious Medicine
Background: Scrub typhus, an acute febrile disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is transmitted to humans through infected chigger mites. We present a case of scrub typhus in a previously healthy man from Shandong Province diagnosed using next ...
Nannan Xu, Lintao Sai, Gang Wang, Gregory A. Dasch, Marina E. Eremeeva   +4 more
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Orientia, rickettsia, and leptospira pathogens as causes of CNS infections in Laos: a prospective study

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: Scrub typhus (caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi), murine typhus (caused by Rickettsia typhi), and leptospirosis are common causes of febrile illness in Asia; meningitis and meningoencephalitis are severe complications.
Sabine Dittrich, PhD, Sayaphet Rattanavong, MD, Sue J Lee, PhD, Phonepasith Panyanivong, Scott B Craig, PhD, Suhella M Tulsiani, PhD, Stuart D Blacksell, PhD, David A B Dance, FRCPath, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, PhD, Amphone Sengduangphachanh, Phonelavanh Phoumin, Daniel H Paris, MD, Dr, Prof. Paul N Newton, MRCP   +12 more
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Rats and leptospirosis, a unique tropical experience [PDF]

, 2017
Rats are the maintenance host for leptospirosis and are the source of the infection to humans and animals. To eradicate leptospirosis, then the maintenance hosts should be eliminated. This is not possible, particularly when it involved wildlife like rats.
Bahaman, Abdul Rani
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A Neonate with Bacterial Meningitis Due to Vertically Transmitted Scrub Typhus

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Jin Gao,1,2 Tingting Liu,1 Xingyu Xiong,1 Mei Zhao,1 Kun Du,1,2 Jiwei Li2,3 1Department of Neonates; 2Yunnan Province Clinical Research Center for Children’s Health and Disease, Kunming, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pathology, Kunming ...
Gao J, Liu T, Xiong X, Zhao M, Du K, Li J   +5 more
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REVISITING ANTHROPOZOONOSES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN. A SINGLE-CENTRE PERSPECTIVE. A SOUTHERN ITALIAN EXPERIENCE [PDF]

, 2017
Zoonoses, often better defined with the term anthropozoonoses, are diseases that can be transmitted to humans either by direct contact with animals or through arthropod vector intervention.
Caputo, V., DI CARLO, P., Fasciana, T., Giammanco, A., Guadagnino, G., Scarlata, F.   +5 more
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) of Proteus bacteria-chemical structure, serological specificity and the role in pathogenicity [PDF]

, 2008
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria are composed of three regions: О-specific chain (OPS), the core oligosaccharide and lipid A. All three regions of Proteus LPS were studied. The differences in the structure of OPS serve as the basis
Różalski, Antoni
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Article III: Further Building Blocks [PDF]

, 1998
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Pearson, Graham S.
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Scrub typhus: risks, diagnostic issues, and management challenges

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2017
John Antony Jude Prakash Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Abstract: Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness in the “tsutsugamushi triangle”, transmitted by chiggers that can be ...
Prakash JAJ
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