Rickettsia felis
Infection by Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides felis felis Fleas from North of Colombia
... by Rickettsia felis in C. felis felis fleas collected from dogs from endemic are- as of rickettsioses in Cordoba and Antioquia provinces ...C. felis felis pools contained ...
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An update on the detection and treatment of <em>Rickettsia felis</em>
... Abstract: Rickettsia felis was described as a human pathogen almost two decades ago, and human infection is currently reported in 18 countries in all ...R. felis infection can be easily confused with ...
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Antigenic Classification of Rickettsia felis by Using Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies
... Rickettsia felis is a flea-transmitted ...R. felis, it was considered by tests with serologic reagents to be closely related to another recognized flea-transmitted rickettia, ...R. felis was ...
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Seroprevalence and risk factors for Rickettsia felis exposure in dogs from Southeast Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia
... Rickettsia felis antigen was isolated using XTC-2 cell lines, courtesy of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria. XTC-2 cell lines were cultured in 25 cm 2 cell culture flasks ...
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Absence of zoonotic Bartonella species in questing ticks: First detection of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the Netherlands
... transmit Rickettsia felis which is the causative agent of flea-borne spotted fever, also called cat flea typhus or summer flu ...R. felis appears to have a global distribution [48], and it is not ...
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The epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infecting fleas of companion animals in eastern Australia
... by Rickettsia felis is an arthropod-borne ...R. felis infecting fleas from dogs and ...R. felis URRWXCal2, with positivity within tropical, subtropical and temperate regions noted at ...R. ...
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Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis in dogs, rodents and cat fleas in Zambia
... by Rickettsia felis, a Gram-negative obligate intracel- lular ...Ctenocephalides felis (cat fleas) has been sug- gested to be the main vector, other arthropods including mosquitoes have been ...
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Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis
... R. felis -infected flea gut indicated that rickettsiae were associated with the phagolysosome (Figure 3C, D); the appearance of rickettsial lysis in a vacuole was confirmed by TEM ...R. felis -infected flea ...
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Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia typhi in Australian veterinarians
... R. felis in ...R. felis is ubiquitous in areas where R. felis Cal2 has been detected in fleas, not- ably ...C. felis felis. Infection with R. felis in Australia has been ...
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A review of the genus <em>Rickettsia</em> in Central America
... to these species, other pathogenic bacteria are recognized as etiological agents of “typhus,” although they belong to the SFG (eg, Queensland ticks typhus, Rickettsia australis) or to another genus (eg, scrub ...
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Molecular identification and prevalence of tick borne pathogens in zebu and taurine cattle in North Cameroon
... In North Cameroon, we identified by sequencing of PCR- amplified rDNA from bovine blood at least 11 species of tick-borne pathogens, some of which are known to be pathogenic to livestock or humans alike. Anaplasma ...
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Detection of Rickettsia in Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks and Ctenocephalides felis Fleas from Southeastern Tunisia by Reverse Line Blot Assay
... the Rickettsia genus are divided into two groups: the spotted fever group (SFG) and the typhus group ...by Rickettsia conorii and is a disease described for the first time in Tunisia (2) and the most ...
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First report of Rickettsia felisin China
... pathogen Rickettsia felis. Described in 2001, R. felis appears to have the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis, as its main vector and reservoir and can infect other arthropods ...
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`Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis’ and Wolbachia spp in Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans fleas removed from dogs in Ecuador
... Rickettsia felis) and harbour Bartonella spp. [1,5-7]. Re- cent evidence of murine typhus in Ecuador is lacking, but the disease may be endemic in localities where com- mensal rodents (Rattus spp.) are ...
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Evidence for a specific host endosymbiont relationship between ‘Rickettsia sp genotype RF2125’ and Ctenocephalides felis orientis infesting dogs in India
... C. felis sourced from dogs in Laos to a subspecies level ...R. felis-specific qPCR targeting the gltA gene however it is unclear whether conventional PCR and DNA sequencing was carried out on these isolates ...
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A case with neurological abnormalities caused by Rickettsia raoultii in northwestern China
... 16S rDNA: mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA; 17-kDa: 17 kilodalton antigen; COI: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid; ELISA: Enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay; gltA: citrate synthase; MEGA7: Molecular ...
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Wholly Rickettsia! Reconstructed Metabolic Profile of the Quintessential Bacterial Parasite of Eukaryotic Cells
... no Rickettsia species has been shown to provision its host(s) with metabolites; indeed, rickettsiae seem to be in competition with arthropod and verte- brate cells for at least 20 metabolites that are either ...
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Molecular evidence of Rickettsia raoultii, “Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae” and a novel Babesia genotype in marbled polecats (Vormela peregusna) at the China Kazakhstan border
... Both Rickettsia spp. were detected for the first time in marbled polecats. Spotted fever group rickettsiae (Proteobacteria: Rickettsiales) are obligatory intracellu- lar, Gram-negative bacteria, which can cause ...
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Targeted Knockout of the Rickettsia rickettsii OmpA Surface Antigen Does Not Diminish Virulence in a Mammalian Model System
... ABSTRACT Strains of Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), differ dramatically in virulence despite >99% genetic homology. Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae ...
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Efficacy of fluralaner flavored chews (Bravecto®) administered to dogs against the adult cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis and egg production
... Adulticide and egg production efficacy evaluations On Days −2, 28, 56, 84, 91, 98, 105, 112, and 120 post- treatment, each dog was infested with approximately 200 unfed cat fleas, C. felis felis (KS1 ...
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