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Species group : Spotted fever group. Species: R. africae. Binomial name. Rickettsia africae. Kelly et al. 1996. Rickettsia africae is a species of Rickettsia . It can cause African tick-bite fever.
- African tick bite fever
Tick bite fever is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia...
- Rickettsia
Rickettsia africae (South Africa) African tick bite fever....
- African tick bite fever
Rickettsia africae, transmitted by tick bites, is a common cause of febrile illness among travelers to sub-Saharan Africa. 66 African trypanosomiasis, or African sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection of the CNS caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
May 17, 2001 · African tick-bite fever occurs after contact with ticks that carry Rickettsia africae and that parasitize cattle and game. Sporadic reports suggest that this infection has specific clinical and...
- Didier Raoult, Pierre E. Fournier, Florence Fenollar, Mogens Jensenius, Tine Prioe, Jean J. de Pina,...
- 2001
Sep 10, 2021 · African tick-bite fever (ATBF), caused by Rickettsia africae, is the main tick-borne rickettsiosis and the second most frequent cause of fever after malaria in travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa.
May 16, 2022 · Rickettsia africae is a tick-borne bacterium that causes African tick-bite fever (ATBF) in humans. In southern Africa, the tick Amblyomma hebraeum serves as the primary vector and reservoir for R. africae and transmits the bacterium during any life stage.
