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Keywords: Rickettsia typhi
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Characteristics of Rickettsia typhi Infections Detected with Next-Generation Sequencing of Microbial Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, ofab147, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab147
Published: 26 March 2021
... typhi infection in whom next-generation sequencing of microbial cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (mcfDNA) was used as a diagnostic tool. Rickettsia typhi mcfDNA was detected in all cases and was more rapid and specific than rickettsial serology. Rickettsia typhi mcfDNA impacted...
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Murine Typhus Presenting With Mucosal Involvement
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2021, Pages 540–542, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa138
Published: 03 December 2020
... in nonsexually active females. Associated infections include Epstein Barr virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Cytomegalovirus, and influenza. To our knowledge, this is the first report of LU occurring with murine typhus. Murine typhus is caused by Rickettsia typhi, a Gram-negative, obligate...
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Detection of Rickettsia asembonensis in Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae) Collected in Five Counties in Georgia, United States Get access
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 1246–1253, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa029
Published: 03 March 2020
... gene of Rickettsia typhi were used to test 291 flea DNAs for Rickettsia. A subset of 53 C. felis collected from a cat in 2011 was tested in 18 pools which were all bioB TaqMan positive (34% minimum infection prevalence). Of 238 fleas tested individually, 140 (58.8...
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A Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Trial of Doxycycline Versus Azithromycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Murine Typhus
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 68, Issue 5, 1 March 2019, Pages 738–747, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy563
Published: 18 July 2018
... Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic ( [email protected] ). Abstract Background Murine typhus, or infection with Rickettsia typhi, is a global but neglected disease without randomized clinical trials to guide antibiotic...
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An Unusual Presentation of Murine Typhus and Mononucleosis Get access
Military Medicine, Volume 183, Issue 11-12, November-December 2018, Pages e756–e757, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy106
Published: 18 May 2018
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First Detection of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Fleas Collected From Client-Owned Companion Animals in the Southern Great Plains Get access
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 54, Issue 4, July 2017, Pages 1093–1097, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx069
Published: 25 March 2017
...Bruce H Noden; Suzanna Davidson; Haven T Herdlitchka; Faithful Williams Rickettsia typhi Rickettsia felis flea-borne rickettsiosis Oklahoma Within the United States, most ecological research on flea-borne rickettsiosis has occurred in southern Texas and California ( Adjemian et...
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Limited Evidence for Rickettsia felis as a Cause of Zoonotic Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis in Southern California Get access
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2017, Pages 4–7, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw179
Published: 04 November 2016
.... All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected] 2016 Over 90% of human flea-borne rickettsioses cases in California are reported from suburban communities of Los Angeles and Orange counties and are presumed to be associated with either Rickettsia typhi...
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Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California Get access
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 49, Issue 6, 1 December 2012, Pages 1485–1494, https://doi.org/10.1603/ME11291
Published: 20 November 2014
...-borne rickettsiae, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis. R. felis was commonly detected in fleas collected throughout this area while R. typhi was found at a much lower prevalence in the vicinity of just 7 of 14 case-patient homes identified. DNA of R. felis...
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Murine typhus in Cyprus: a 9-year survey Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 106, Issue 8, August 2012, Pages 489–495, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.02.010
Published: 01 August 2012
... Rickettsia typhi (Rickettsia mooserii) Flea-borne rickettsioses Cyprus Patients had an average age of 37.3 years (range 3–89 years); most of them were men (127/193; 65.8%). Murine typhus occurred in patients of all age groups with more than one-third (70/193; 36.3%) of the cases occurring...
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Protein candidates for the serodiagnosis of rickettsioses
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, Volume 64, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 130–133, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00906.x
Published: 01 February 2012
... 20 proteins of Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia rickettsii, respectively, using the GATEWAY approach. These recombinant proteins were screened by ELISA with sera of infected patients with Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia conorii, respectively. We identified...
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The infective causes of hepatitis and jaundice amongst hospitalised patients in Vientiane, Laos Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 104, Issue 7, July 2010, Pages 475–483, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.03.002
Published: 01 July 2010
... Hepatitis E virus Orientia tsutsugamushi Rickettsia typhi Leptospirosis Laos Using the conservative criteria for diagnosis of mixed infections, 44 (11.2%) patients had evidence of mixed infections but the majority (61%) were HAV IgM positive (see Discussion). Of 136 patients with anti...
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Real-time multiplex PCR assay for detection and differentiation of rickettsiae and orientiae Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 102, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 186–193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.11.001
Published: 01 February 2008
... of rickettsial agents, including Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus) and Rickettsia typhi (murine typhus), but also spotted fever group infections, which are increasingly reported. We present an SYBR-Green-based, real-time multiplex PCR assay for rapid identification and differentiation...
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Murine typhus in Greece: epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic data from 83 cases Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 96, Issue 3, May-June 2002, Pages 250–253, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90090-8
Published: 01 June 2002
..., 47.0% in
1995, 10.8% in 1996, and 18.1% in 1997. The greatest incidence of the disease occurred during the
third trimester of the year. Direct contact with rats was noted in 45 (54.2%) of 83 patients. Two strains
of Rickettsia typhi were isolated in cell cultures...
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Prevalence of Vectors of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Murine Typhus in a Bedouin Town in Israel
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 38, Issue 3, 1 May 2001, Pages 458–461, https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.458
Published: 01 May 2001
....) trapped next to the houses of one patient, and seven mice found in two control houses were negative for fleas. The percentage of rats seropositive to Rickettsia typhi was similar in infected and control houses (78.3 and 76.2, respectively), whereas all mice were negative for R. typhi...
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Antibodies to Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi and spotted fever group rickettsiae among febrile patients in rural areas of Malaysia Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 94, Issue 3, May-June 2000, Pages 280–284, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90322-5
Published: 01 May 2000
... against Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT), Rickettsia typhi (RT) and TT118 spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) by using an indirect immunoperoxidase assay. A total of 51·4% patients had antibody against at least 1 of those rickettsiae. Antibody to SFGR was most prevalent (42.5%), followed...
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Murine typhus in Mexico City Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 94, Issue 1, January-February 2000, Page 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90432-2
Published: 01 January 2000
..., Mexico; phone +52 5 623 2381, fax +52 5 623 2382. Epidemiology 11 9 1998 12 8 1999 23 8 1999 endemic typhus murine typhus Rickettsia typhi seroprevalence Mexico 2000 References * Environmental conditions and trends An Urbanizing World, Global Report on Human Settlements...
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Molecular Identification of Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in Co-Infected Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Get access
Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 35, Issue 4, 1 July 1998, Pages 410–414, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/35.4.410
Published: 01 July 1998
...Bruce H. Noden; Suzana Radulovic; James A. Higgins; Abdu F. Azad Abstract Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, 2 closely related rickettsial species, often have been identified in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) from the same geographical location. However, no fleas...
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Rapid, simple serodiagnosis of murine typhus Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 89, Issue 6, November-December 1995, Pages 625–628, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(95)90417-4
Published: 01 November 1995
... for the diagnosis
of murine typhus in countries where sophisticated laboratory facilities are lacking.
Keywords: typhus, Rickettsia typhi, serological diagnosis
Introduction tal, Songkla, Thailand; 121 sera from 94 patients were
The clinical...
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Seroepidemiological survey of rickettsial infections among blood donors in central Tunisia Get access
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 89, Issue 3, May-June 1995, Pages 266–268, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(95)90531-6
Published: 01 June 1995
... the endemicity of rickettsioses, and revealed a high seroprevalence of Q fever, in central Tunisia. Mediterranean spotted fever typhus Q fever ehrlichiosis Rickettsia conorii Rickettsia typhi Coxiella burnetii Ehrlichia chaffeensis seroprevalence Tunisia References...
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Determination of genome size and restriction pattern polymorphism of Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia typhi by pulsed field gel electrophoresis
FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 112, Issue 1, August 1993, Pages 105–112, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06431.x
Published: 01 August 1993
... electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI, MluI and SalI digested DNA was used to estimate genome size and perform restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for Rickettsia prowazekii and Rickettsia typhi. We concluded that the genome of R. prowazekii and R...
