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

Scrub typhus has struck back, albeit with renewed vigour, impacting areas with previously
known endemicity as also impressing newer expanses. It is not surprising, therefore, that …

Rickettsial diseases are a group of vector-borne bacterial infections that cause acute febrile
illness with potentially severe or fatal complications. These vector-borne diseases are …

Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia spp., is transmitted by infected larval
trombiculid mites (chiggers). We report the molecular detection of Orientia species in free …

In Vietnam, the public health burden of rickettsial infections continues to be underestimated
due to knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of these diseases. We conducted a systematic …

Objective The burden of imported rickettsial infection in the UK is not previously described.
This retrospective review identifies rickettsial cases diagnosed at the national reference …

Rickettsiae can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Macrophages are one of the
initial targets for rickettsiae after inoculation by ticks. However, it remains poorly understood …

Background Diagnosis of undifferentiated non-malaria fevers (NMF) in returning travellers is
a great challenge. Currently, there is no consensus about the use of empirical antibiotics in …

Background Scrub typhus is a vector-borne rickettsial infection, which can cause relevant
morbidity and mortality. While the number of cases is around a million per year globally, the …

Objectives We conducted a systematic analysis of the notifiable rickettsial diseases in
humans in China during 1950-2022. Methods We utilized descriptive statistics to analyze the …