[HTML][HTML] New insights into the systematics of the afrotropical Amblyomma marmoreum complex (Acari: Ixodidae) and the genome of a novel Rickettsia africae strain …

AP Cotes-Perdomo, A Sánchez-Vialas… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Amblyomma marmoreum complex includes afrotropical species, such as Amblyomma
sparsum, a three-host tick that parasitizes reptiles, birds, and mammals, and is a recognized …

[HTML][HTML] Sympatry of Amblyomma eburneum and Amblyomma variegatum on African buffaloes and prevalence of pathogens in ticks

A Smit, FC Mulandane, SH Wojcik, IG Horak… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Amblyomma genus is represented on the African continent by 24 species, out of which
17 are known to occur in different ecological niches of southern Africa. Amblyomma, known …

Molecular Detection and Characterization of Rickettsia Species in Ixodid Ticks from Selected Regions of Namibia

P Mbiri, OC Matomola, W Muleya, L Mhuulu… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Rickettsial pathogens are among the emerging and re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses of
public health importance. Reports indicate human exposure to Rickettsial pathogens in …

New insights into the systematics of the Afrotropical Amblyomma marmoreum complex (Acari, Ixodidae) and a novel Rickettsia africae strain using morphological and …

AP Cotes-Perdomo, A Sanchez-Vialas, R Thomas… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The Amblyomma marmoreum complex includes some Afrotropical species, such as
Amblyomma sparsum, a three-host tick that parasitizes reptiles, birds, and mammals, and is …

When a travel bug gets you down [SS1]: severe, hypotensive African tick bite fever and response to therapy

SS Saxena, S Zeidan, S Meyer, MA Fung… - Dermatology Online …, 2023 - escholarship.org
African tick bite fever, resulting from Rickettsia africae inoculation, is endemic in sub-
Saharan Africa. We present a United States traveler with African tick bite fever 5 days after …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsia africae and other unclassified Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group in ticks of the Western Ghats, India

NN Babu, A Jayaram, AM Auti, Y Bhandari… - … and Applied Acarology, 2023 - Springer
The spotted fever group (SFG) of Rickettsia are zoonotic disease-causing pathogens,
commonly transmitted by hard ticks to a wide range of hosts, including humans. Rickettsia …