Flea-Borne Rickettsioses and Scrub Typhus in Patients with Suspected Arbovirus Infection in Bangkok, Thailand
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DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2024.0030
Abstract: Background: In urban Thailand, arboviral infections dominate diagnoses of acute undifferentiated fevers (AUFs) owing to their well-defined epidemiology and characteristic clinical presentations. However, rickettsial diseases, also endemic in this setting, remain under-recognized owing to challenges… read more here.
Keywords: rickettsioses scrub; scrub typhus; thailand; infection ... See more keywords
Host distribution and pathogen infection of fleas (Siphonaptera) recovered from small mammals in Pennsylvania
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DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12371
Abstract: ABSTRACT: The number of recognized flea-borne pathogens has increased over the past decade. However, the true number of infections related to all flea-borne pathogens remains unknown. To better understand the enzootic cycle of flea-borne pathogens,… read more here.
Keywords: flea; borne pathogens; small mammals; flea borne ... See more keywords
Bayesian population‐based assessment of ascertainment bias in flea‐borne typhus surveillance in California, 2011–2019
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DOI: 10.1111/mve.12816
Abstract: In California, public health disease surveillance data for flea‐borne typhus (FBT) are generated by healthcare providers and laboratories who are responsible for notifying local health jurisdictions when the disease is detected. When accounting for the… read more here.
Keywords: flea borne; surveillance; borne typhus; fbt surveillance ... See more keywords
Fleas of wild mammals carrying pathogenic bacteria in Argentinian Patagonia: A study based on wildlife roadkill
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DOI: 10.1111/mve.70012
Abstract: Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) are recognised vectors of bacteria that affect human and other animal health, whose reservoirs are in the majority mammals. Among these, some species of the genera Rickettsia (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) and Bartonella (Rhizobiales:… read more here.
Keywords: roadkill; argentinian patagonia; flea borne; study ... See more keywords
A 2015 outbreak of flea-borne rickettsiosis in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006385
Abstract: Although flea-borne rickettsiosis is endemic in Los Angeles County, outbreaks are rare. In the spring of 2015 three human cases of flea-borne rickettsiosis among residents of a mobile home community (MHC) prompted an investigation. Fleas… read more here.
Keywords: flea borne; los angeles; group; borne rickettsiosis ... See more keywords