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 and its etiological agents, Orientia species, have been around for a very long
time. Historical reference to the rickettsial disease scrub typhus was first described in China …

Rickettsiae include diverse Gram-negative microbial species that exhibit obligatory
intracellular lifecycles between mammalian hosts and arthropod vectors. Human infections …

In Europe, Ixodes ricinus ticks transmit pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). In addition, there is evidence for transmission to …

To establish a habitable intracellular niche, various pathogenic bacteria secrete effectors
that target intracellular trafficking and modulate phosphoinositide (PI) metabolism. Murine …

In this study, we estimated exposure for Scrub typhus (STG), Typhus (TG) and Spotted fever
groups (SFG) rickettsia using serology at a fine scale (a whole sub-district administration …

Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis is recognized as the second most prevalent tick-borne
disease caused by spotted fever group rickettsiae in the Americas, where two pathogenic …

Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) include a wide range of bacteria, parasites and viruses that
cause a large spectrum of animal, human and zoonotic tick-borne diseases (TBDs). The …

Rickettsioses are vector-borne zoonotic diseases whose etiological agents are bacteria of
the genera Rickettsia and Orientia. In Colombia, literature published on rickettsioses during …

Transovarial transmission (TOT) is an efficient vertical transmission of pathogens that is
observed in many arthropod vectors. This method seems to be an evolutionarily unique …