Rickettsia africae infections in sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review of epidemiological studies and summary of case reports

EY Zhang, P Kalmath, HA Abernathy… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rickettsia africae is a tick‐borne bacteria known to cause African tick bite fever (ATBF).
While the disease was first described more than 100 years ago, knowledge of transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of pathogenic bacteria in ticks from Isiolo and Kwale counties of Kenya using metagenomics

BB Kimemia, L Musila, S Langat, E Odoyo, S Cinkovich… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Ticks are arachnid ectoparasites that rank second only to mosquitoes in the transmission of
human diseases including bacteria responsible for anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, spotted …

[HTML][HTML] Wide distribution of Mediterranean and African spotted fever agents and the first identification of Israeli spotted fever agent in ticks in Uganda

W Eneku, B Erima, AM Byaruhanga… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Rickettsia microorganisms are causative agents of several neglected emerging infectious
diseases in humans transmitted by arthropods including ticks. In this study, ticks were …