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

P Parola, CD Paddock, C Socolovschi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

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 …

Epidemiology of Brazilian spotted fever in the Atlantic Forest, state of São Paulo, Brazil

M Ogrzewalska, DG Saraiva, J Moraes-Filho… - Parasitology, 2012 - cambridge.org
The tick-borne bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii is the aetiological agent of Brazilian spotted
fever (BSF). The present study evaluated tick infestations on wild and domestic animals, and …

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 …

Challenges posed by tick-borne rickettsiae: eco-epidemiology and public health implications

ME Eremeeva, GA Dasch - Frontiers in public health, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Rickettsiae are obligately intracellular bacteria that are transmitted to vertebrates by a variety
of arthropod vectors, primarily by fleas and ticks. Once transmitted or experimentally …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Rickettsia

L Helminiak, S Mishra, HK Kim - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Rickettsiae include diverse Gram-negative microbial species that exhibit obligatory
intracellular lifecycles between mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors. Human infections …

[HTML][HTML] Syndromic classification of rickettsioses: an approach for clinical practice

ÁA Faccini-Martínez, L García-Álvarez… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rickettsioses share common clinical manifestations, such as fever, malaise, exanthema, the
presence or absence of an inoculation eschar, and lymphadenopathy. Some of these …

Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma cajennense ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area

FS Krawczak, FA Nieri-Bastos, FP Nunes, JF Soares… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is
the deadliest spotted fever of the world. In most of the BSF-endemic areas, capybaras …

Transovarial transmission of pathogenic protozoa and rickettsial organisms in ticks

R Ravindran, PK Hembram, GS Kumar, KGA Kumar… - Parasitology …, 2023 - Springer
Transovarial transmission (TOT) is an efficient vertical transmission of pathogens that is
observed in many arthropod vectors. This method seems to be an evolutionarily unique …

Experimental infection of the tick Amblyomma cajennense, Cayenne tick, with Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

JF Soares, HS Soares, AM Barbieri… - Medical and veterinary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the laboratory, Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae)(Fabricius) larvae, nymphs and
adults were exposed to Rickettsia rickettsii by feeding on needle‐inoculated animals, and …