Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known …

Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the
spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These infections are among the oldest known …

Tickborne rickettsial diseases continue to cause severe illness and death in otherwise
healthy adults and children, despite the availability of low-cost, effective antibacterial …

In this paper, we present a historical review of rickettsiosis in Central America and also the
most recent findings of Rickettsia in ectoparasites. All countries of Central America have …

Rickettsioses share common clinical manifestations, such as fever, malaise, exanthema, the
presence or absence of an inoculation eschar, and lymphadenopathy. Some of these …

Tick-borne rickettsiosis is an important emerging disease in Panama; to date, there have
been 12 confirmed cases, including eight fatalities. To evaluate the distribution of rickettsiae …

Outbreaks of spotted fevers have been reported in Costa Rica since the 1950s, although
vectors responsible for transmission to humans have not been directly identified. In this …

The clinical and pathologic characterisation of two fatal cases of tick-borne rickettsiosis in
rural (El Valle) and urban (City of Panama) Panama are described. Clinical and autopsy …

Abstract Background Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is potentially deadly and can
present subtly with signs and symptoms overlapping with other clinical conditions. Delayed …

Ticks transmit a greater diversity of viral, bacterial, and protozoan diseases than any other
arthropod vector on earth (Jongejan and Uilenberg, 2004; IOM, 2011). Through 2014, at …