Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach

P Parola, CD Paddock, C Socolovschi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013‏ - journals.asm.org
Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known …

Tick microbiome: the force within

S Narasimhan, E Fikrig - Trends in parasitology, 2015‏ - cell.com
Ticks are obligate blood-feeders and serve as vectors of human and livestock pathogens
worldwide. Defining the tick microbiome and deciphering the interactions between the tick …

Ecology, biology and distribution of spotted-fever tick vectors in Brazil

MPJ Szabó, A Pinter, MB Labruna - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
Spotted-fever-caused Rickettsia rickettsii infection is in Brazil the major tick-borne zoonotic
disease. Recently, a second and milder human rickettsiosis caused by an agent genetically …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsioses in Latin America, Caribbean, Spain and Portugal

MB Labruna, S Mattar, S Nava, S Bermudez… - Revista MVZ …, 2011‏ - scielo.org.co
Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical
review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and …

A review of the genus Rickettsia in Central America

CSE Bermúdez, A Troyo - Research and reports in tropical …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] An update on the epidemiological situation of spotted fever in Brazil

SV Oliveira, JN Guimarães, GC Reckziegel… - Journal of Venomous …, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
Background Spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsial disease. In Brazil, its notification to the
Ministry of Health is compulsory. Since 2007, cases of spotted fever have been integrated to …

In vitro isolation from Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) and ecological aspects of the Atlantic rainforest Rickettsia, the causative agent of a novel spotted fever …

MPJ Szabó, FA Nieri-Bastos, MG Spolidorio… - Parasitology, 2013‏ - cambridge.org
Recently, a novel human rickettsiosis, namely Atlantic rainforest spotted fever, was
described in Brazil. We herein report results of a survey led around the index case in an …

Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

L Tomassone, A Portillo, M Nováková, R De Sousa… - Parasites & vectors, 2018‏ - Springer
Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the
extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne …

Eschar-associated spotted fever rickettsiosis, Bahia, Brazil

N Silva, ME Eremeeva, T Rozental… - Emerging infectious …, 2011‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In Brazil, Brazilian spotted fever was once considered the only tick-borne rickettsial disease.
We report eschar-associated rickettsial disease that occurred after a tick bite. The etiologic …

Ticks and rickettsiae from wildlife in Belize, Central America

MG Lopes, JM Junior, RJ Foster, BJ Harmsen… - Parasites & vectors, 2016‏ - Springer
Background The agents of spotted fevers in Latin America are Rickettsia rickettsii, R. parkeri,
Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, and R. massiliae. In Continental Central America, R …