Rickettsia species causing human illness are present globally and can cause significant
disease. Diagnosis and identification of this intracellular bacteria are challenging with many …

Rickettsial diseases and scrub typhus constitute a group of the oldest known vector-borne
diseases. The cosmopolitan distribution of the vectors that transmit rickettsiae and orientiae …

Two novel real-time PCR assays were developed for the detection of Rickettsia spp. One
assay detects all tested Rickettsia spp.; the other is specific for Rickettsia rickettsii …

A 10-year experience of our automated molecular diagnostic platform that carries out 91
different real-time PCR is described. Progresses and future perspectives in molecular …

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical
microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial …

Simple Summary The risk of transmission of pathogen-infected ticks by dogs and cats
transported by humans has increased substantially in recent decades due to the rise in …

Sensitive, specific and rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi (O.
tsutsugamushi) and Rickettsia typhi (R. typhi), the causative agents of scrub typhus and …

The beetle genus Cephaloleia has evolved in association with tropical ginger plants and for
many species their specific host plant associations are known. Here we show that the core …

Tick-borne zoonotic diseases pose a threat to public health; hence, identifying the
pathogenic agents associated with them is critical. The prevalence of Bartonella and …

Murine typhus, which is caused by Rickettsia typhi, has a wide range of clinical
manifestations. It has a low mortality rate but may result in meningoencephalitis and …