Rickettsia felis is an emerging insect-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of
flea-borne spotted fever. First described as a human pathogen from the USA in 1991, R. felis …

Medium sized opossums (Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the
Americas, playing important ecological roles (eg, dispersal of seeds and control of insect …

Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that can cause mild to life-threatening
diseases, including epidemic typhus, one of the oldest pernicious diseases of mankind …

In this paper, we present a historical review of rickettsiosis in Central America and also the
most recent findings of Rickettsia in ectoparasites. All countries of Central America have …

Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFG) are a neglected group of bacteria, belonging to the
genus Rickettsia, that represent a large number of new and emerging infectious diseases …

We here present annotated lists of names of Candidatus taxa of prokaryotes with ranks
between subspecies and class, proposed between the mid-1990s, when the provisional …

Rickettsial diseases and scrub typhus constitute a group of the oldest known vector-borne
diseases. The cosmopolitan distribution of the vectors that transmit rickettsiae and orientiae …

Background Ticks and fleas are considered amongst the most important arthropod vectors of
medical and veterinary concern due to their ability to transmit pathogens to a range of …

Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis are flea-borne rickettsiae that are distributed throughout
the world. This mini-review outlines the ecology and epidemiology of flea-borne …

Vectors of emerging infectious diseases have expanded their distributional ranges in recent
decades due to increased global travel, trade connectivity and climate change …