Background Scrub typhus is a significant tropical disease, occurring in rural settings and
therefore usually afflicting remote agricultural populations who have lower socioeconomic …

Increased urbanization and introduction of exotic species of reptiles may act as drivers for
the transmission of zoonotic pathogens through the environment. Reptiles are reservoirs of a …

Background Rickettsia helvetica, a spotted fever rickettsia, is transmitted to humans via ticks
in Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The central nervous system is a crucial target for rickettsial …

Rickettsial pathogens cause diseases that vary in severity and clinical presentation.
Rickettsia species transmitted by ticks are mostly classified within the spotted fever group of …

Bacterial obligate intracellular parasites (BOIPs) represent an exclusive group of bacterial
pathogens that all depend on invasion of a eukaryotic host cell to reproduce. BOIPs are …

Tick-borne infections are a significant threat to public health, particularly in regions where
individuals frequently enter tick habitats. Roughly 26% of the population in Mongolia …

Rodents and shrews are major reservoirs of various pathogens that are related to zoonotic
infectious diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate co-infections of zoonotic …

Rickettsial diseases, caused by a variety of obligate intracellular, Gram-negative bacteria
from the genera Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, Neorickettsia, Neoehrlichia, and Anaplasma …

Subject Rickettsia is a zoonotic bacterial pathogen transmitted by vectors and has extensive
reservoirs in animal and human populations. Rickettsiosis is a public health problem all over …

A case of Rickettsia sibirica subspecies sibirica BJ-90 infection in China was identified by
metagenomic analysis of an eschar biopsy specimen and confirmed by nested PCR …