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Flea Burden on Rodents and Its Associated Determinants in Plague‐Endemic Localities of Karatu District, Tanzania: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Public Health Challenges, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2024.
Fleas infest rodents and other small mammals, serving as vectors for zoonotic diseases such as plague. Villages in plague foci exhibited higher abundances of fleas in comparison to non‐plague foci villages. Factors such as dry season, farmlands, and rodent characteristics influenced flea abundance on rodents in the study area. ABSTRACT Background Fleas
Joshua Reuben Jakoniko, Apia Massawe, Elisa Daniel Mwega, Stella Thadeus Kessy   +3 more
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Imported scrub typhus: first case in South America and review of the literature

, 2019
Background Scrub typhus is a neglected vector-borne zoonosis causing life-threatening illnesses, endemic in the Asian-Pacific region and, as recently discovered, in southern Chile.
Weitzel, Thomas, Abarca Villaseca, Katia, Richards, Allen L., Thompson, Luis, Martínez Valdebenito, Constanza Pamela, Munita, Jose M., Aylwin, Mabel, Jiang, Ju   +7 more
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Caso probable de tifus murino con falla ventilatoria en una adolescente del área urbana de Cali, Colombia

Infectio
El tifus murino es una enfermedad infecciosa de carácter zoonótico causada por Rickettsia typhi . Se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina de 13 años edad, procedente del área urbana de la ciudad de Cali, quien presentó un cuadro febril asociado a ...
Jaime A. Patiño-Niño, Paola M. Pérez-Camacho, Jesús A. Aguirre-Recalde, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Carlos A. Montenegro-Herrera, Marylin Hidalgo   +5 more
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Flea‐Borne Typhus as a COVID‐19 Mimic: A Report of Four Cases

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Flea‐borne typhus (FBT), due to Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia, and diverse organ manifestations. Cough occurs in about 30% of patients with FBT, and chest X‐ray abnormalities are seen in 17%.
Bradley V. Dye, Jose Alejandro Coba, Christopher L. Dayton, Jose Cadena, Gregory M. Anstead, Piyush Baindara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features of the Epidemiological Situation on Siberian Tick Typhus and other Tick-Borne Ricketsioses in the Russian Federation, Prognosis for 2019

, 2019
The review presents an analysis of the epidemic situation on infections of rickettsial etiology, the causative agents of which are transmitted by Ixodidae ticks in the territory of the Russian Federation.
I. E. Samoylenko, N. A. Pen’evskaya, S. N. Shpynov, D. V. Trankvilevsky, D. A. Savel’ev, L. V. Kumpan, N. V. Rudakov, N. D. Pakskina, T. A. Reshetnikova   +8 more
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Molecular Detection of Multiple Genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi Causing Scrub Typhus in Febrile Patients from Theni District, South India

, 2023
Scrub typhus (St) is a re-emerging mite-transmitted public health problem in Southeast Asia with escalating case incidences in the endemic areas. Though, more than 40 genotypes of the causative agent Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot) have been documented, the ...
Ashwani Kumar, Paramasivan Rajaiah, Krishnamoorthy Nallan, Gopinathan Rajan, Panneer Devaraju, Balaji Thiruppathi, Lallitha Sivathanu   +6 more
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A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application.

, 2015
Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal mite-borne febrile illness, primarily of the Asia-Pacific Rim. With an endemic area greater than 13 million km2 and millions of people at risk, scrub typhus remains an underreported, often misdiagnosed febrile illness.
Desmond H Foley, Allen L. Richards (47617), Daryl J. Kelly (838384), Daryl J Kelly, Desmond H. Foley (838385), Allen L Richards   +5 more
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Murine For a Bad Time: Prehospital Factor Associations With Murine Typhus Related ICU Admission

, 2023
Introduction: Across South Texas rates of murine typhus related hospitalization have been on the rise (1). Murine typhus is flea borne febrile illness caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi.
Ramirez, Denisse, Khan, Ayesha, Moreland, Russell H, III, Bangash, Salman, Chang, Chelsea H., Del Real, Azucena, Betancourth Alvarenga, Adriana, Pinto, Natalia   +7 more
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Rickettsiales and rickettsial diseases in Australia

, 2010
Currently, there are 12 known Rickettsiales species in Australia. However research into the diversity and range of these agents in Australia is still far from complete.
Izzard, Leonard
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Epidemiology and clinical features of flea-borne rickettsioses

Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 2017
Murine typhus is a flea-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia typhi. The disease is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. It is likely vastly under-recognized as a cause of febrile illness.
Lucas Scott Blanton
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