Overlooked Brill‐Zinsser Disease Presenting Like Japanese Spotted Fever: A Diagnostic Challenge
The Journal of Dermatology, Volume 52, Issue 11, Page e995-e996, November 2025.
Makoto Kondo +2 more
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Identification of a sex-linked SNP marker in the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) using RAD sequencing [PDF]
The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)) is a parasitic copepod that can, if untreated, cause considerable damage to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758) and incurs significant costs to the Atlantic salmon mariculture ...
Carmichael, Stephen N +57 more
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Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis infection) [PDF]
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an epidemic disease with a fascinating history from Hippocrates' times, through the 6th century 'Yellow Plague', to epidemics in Ireland, Scotland and England in the 19th century and two large Afro-Middle Eastern ...
Warrell, David, Warrell, DA
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Features of the Epidemiological Situation on Siberian Tick Typhus and other Tick-Borne Ricketsioses in the Russian Federation, Prognosis for 2019 [PDF]
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 +8 more
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On the basis of their earlier formula for modeling the possible development of the epidemic process of louse-borne exanthematous typhus the authors have calculated the probability of the development of such process for high indices (10 -- 12 % of convalescents with louse contamination rate among them reaching 20 -- 40 %) characterizing this process ...
E P, Lukin +3 more
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Body lice as the cause of typhus reemergence.
R. prowazekii is classified as a category B bioterrorism agent. It is stable in dried louse feces and can be transmitted through aerosols. Detection of the pathogen in body lice is crucial for monitoring the transmission risk to humans.
Pierre Edouard Fournier (7325519) +3 more
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Epidemic Typhus Imported from Algeria
We report epidemic typhus in a French patient returning from Algeria. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic testing and the isolation of Rickettsia prowazekii in blood. Initially the patient was thought to have typhoid fever.
M. Niang, D. Raoult, P. Brouqui
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International Network for Capacity Building for the Control of Emerging Viral Vector-Borne Zoonotic Diseases: Arbo-Zoonet [PDF]
Arboviruses are arthropod-borne viruses, which include West Nile fever virus (WNFV), a mosquito-borne virus, Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a mosquito-borne virus, and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a tick-borne virus.
Paweska, J. +15 more
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Arthropod-Borne Diseases Associated with Political and Social Disorder
The living conditions and the crowded situations of the homeless, war refugees, or victims of a natural disaster provide ideal conditions for the spread of lice, fleas, ticks, flies and mites. The consequence of arthropod infestation in these situations
Philippe Brouqui
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Murine Typhus from Vietnam, Imported into Japan
Momoyo Azuma +5 more
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