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Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia [PDF]
, 2007 Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43 ...
Boutlis, Craig S. +10 more
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Molecular Description of a Novel Orientia Species Causing Scrub Typhus in Chile
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Scrub typhus is a potentially fatal rickettsiosis caused by Orientia species intracellular bacteria of the genus Orientia. Although considered to be restricted to the Asia Pacific region, scrub typhus has recently been discovered in southern Chile.
K. Abarca +7 more
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Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 Rickettsial diseases have not been described previously from Laos, but in a prospective study, acute rickettsial infection was identified as the cause of fever in 115 (27%) of 427 adults with negative blood cultures admitted to Mahosot Hospital in ...
Simaly Phongmany +24 more
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Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members ...
Ricardo Palacios-Santana +7 more
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Performance of molecular and serologic tests for the diagnosis of scrub typhus
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Diagnosis of scrub typhus, caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, is challenging because of the overlap of its non-specific symptoms with other infections coupled with the lack of sufficient data on the performance of diagnostic tests.
K. Kannan +20 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 (1) Background: Scrub typhus (ST) is endemic to Nepal. It is often underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed due to non-specific clinical presentation coupled with limited microbiological facilities, leading to adverse clinical outcomes. This study aimed to assess
Anil Pokhrel +9 more
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Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis with Multiorgan Failure Complicated by Scrub Typhus
Case Reports in Surgery, 2019 Scrub typhus is a febrile illness and can present with manifestations ranging from subclinical symptoms to multiorgan failure and death. Scrub typhus is a rare etiology of acute cholecystitis. A patient presenting with the features of acute cholecystitis
Suman Acharya +4 more
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Nonnegligible Seroprevalence and Predictors of Murine Typhus, Japan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 To elucidate the epidemiology of murine typhus, which is infrequently reported in Japan, we conducted a cross-sectional study involving 2,382 residents of rickettsiosis-endemic areas in Honshu Island during August–November 2020.
Tetsuro Aita +5 more
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Scrub Typhus: Historic Perspective and Current Status of the Worldwide Presence of Orientia Species
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Scrub typhus and its etiological agents, Orientia species, have been around for a very long time. Historical reference to the rickettsial disease scrub typhus was first described in China (313 AD) by Hong Ge in a clinical manual (Zhouhofang) and in Japan
A. Richards, Ju Jiang
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Little information is available about malaria and scrub typhus co-infection. This study aimed to investigate the pooled prevalence of malaria and scrub typhus co-infection in febrile patients.
P. Wilairatana +3 more
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