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1. wwwnc.cdc.gov › eid › articleEarly Release - Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Kidney ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · In the United States, Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis is a tickborne infection transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum) that results in a disease similar to but milder than Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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3. www.britannica.com › science › infectious-diseaseInfectious disease - Rickettsias, Bacteria, Symptoms

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   6 days ago · The primary infection usually occurs in childhood and is without symptoms in 50 to 80 percent of cases. Between 10 and 20 percent of infected individuals have recurrences precipitated by emotional stress or by other illness. HSV-1 can also cause infections of the eye, central nervous system, and skin.

4. www.altmeyers.org › en › microbiologyRickettsia - Altmeyers Encyclopedia - Department Microbiology

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   Jun 16, 2024 · Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia typhi, and Rickettsia rickettsii are particularly important because they can survive longer outside their vector and are extremely infectious. They are considered potential agents for bioterrorist attacks.

5. www.reliasmedia.com › articles › identifying-andIdentifying and Managing Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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   Jun 1, 2024 · Although children younger than 10 years of age represent just 6% of RMSF cases in the United States, they account for 22% of fatalities and are five times more likely to die of RMSF than adults.

6. www.mdpi.com › 2076/0817/13-6 › 489Pathogens | Free Full-Text | Rickettsia asembonensis ...

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   Jun 8, 2024 · Rickettsia asembonensis is a potential emerging pathogen that was previously detected in humans, animals, and a variety of arthropods. While its pathogenicity in humans remains unclear, it poses a potential public health threat.

7. wwwnc.cdc.gov › eid › articleFigure 1 - Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Kidney ...

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   Jun 18, 2024 · Transmission and testing timeline for case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in a kidney transplant receipient, North Carolina, USA, 2023. Pretransplant samples were tested retrospectively to determine possible transmission risk from 2 blood donors and the kidney donor.

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   Are rickettsioses still endemic?

   • In some Andean valleys, rickettsioses are still endemic. Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia typhi, and Rickettsia rickettsii are particularly important because they can survive longer outside their vector and are extremely infectious. They are considered potential agents for bioterrorist attacks.

   Rickettsia - Altmeyers Encyclopedia - Department Microbiology

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   Do humans contract rickettsial diseases?

   • Humans contract most rickettsial diseases only when they break into a cycle in nature in which the rickettsias live. In murine typhus, for example, Rickettsia mooseri is a parasite of rats conveyed from rat to rat by the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis; it bites humans if they intrude into its environment.

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   What is Rickettsia disease?

   • Infectious disease - Rickettsias, Bacteria, Symptoms: The rickettsias are a family of microorganisms named for American pathologist Howard T. Ricketts, who died of typhus in 1910 while investigating the spread of the disease.

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   What are the symptoms of rickettsial disease?

   • All rickettsial diseases have a similar clinical course: incubation period 3 - 20 days, onset with general signs of illness: high fever, chills, headache, myalgias, arthralgias, abdominal pain, lymphadenopathy, general feeling of illness, nausea, possible hepatosplenomegaly, increased transaminases, thrombocythemia.

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   Is Rickettsia a parasite?

   • This rickettsia is probably a parasite of wild field mice, and it is perhaps only when cities push out into the countryside that house mice catch the infection. Mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas, which range in size from 150 to 850 nanometres, are among the smallest known free-living microorganisms.

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   How did rickettsiae get its name?

   • Rickettsiae were named after the English pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts, who, among other things, described Rocky Mountains spotted fever. He was able to detect its pathogen in the blood of infected people. Howard Taylor Ricketts became infected with rickettsiae during his research work and died of this infection in 1910.

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9. www.medscape.org › viewarticle › 861580_3Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis, Arizona, USA

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   Jun 17, 2024 · The goal of this activity is to evaluate the clinical presentation and laboratory findings of Rickettsia parkeri infection. Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: Assess the clinical presentation of infection with Rickettsia parkeri; Compare the workup and prognosis of infections with R parkeri and R rickettsii