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 …

Rickettsia africae is a bacterium of zoonotic importance, which causes African tick bite fever
(ATBF) in humans. This pathogen is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, with …

African tick bite fever (ATBF) is one of the most important rickettsial infections in international
travellers to sub-Saharan Africa. The heterogeneity of Rickettsia africae infection rates …

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 …

African tick-bite fever is an emerging infectious disease caused by the spotted fever group
Rickettsia, Rickettsia africae, and is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma. To …

Background 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 …

Until very recently, Mediterranean spotted fever caused by Rickettsia conorii was the only
spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses recognized in southern Africa. However, increasing …

Rickettsia africae is the causative agent of African tick bite fever (ATBF), an acute febrile
illness frequently accompanied by inoculation eschars, regional lymphadenitis, myalgia and …

The rickettsiae are a diverse group of vector-borne zoonotic bacterial pathogens. The two
common spotted fever diseases in existence in southern Africa are boutonneuse fever-like …

African tick-bite fever, caused by Rickettsia africae and transmitted by Amblyomma ticks, is
an emerging rickettsiosis in southern Africa. Because of increased tourism to this area …