During most of the 20th century, the epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsioses could be
summarized as the occurrence of a single pathogenic rickettsia on each continent. An …

More than 50 emerging and reemerging pathogens have been identified during the last 40
years. Until 1992 when the Institute of Medicine issued a report that defined emerging …

Background Rickettsioses are one of the most important causes of systemic febrile illness
among travelers from developed countries, but little is known about their incidence in …

Ticks are important disease vectors that can cause considerable economic losses by
affecting animal health and productivity, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. In this …

Background. The importance of Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsiosis (SFGR), and typhus
group rickettsiosis (TGR) as causes of febrile illness in sub-Saharan Africa is unknown; the …

Background Public interest for tick-borne pathogens in cattle livestock is rising due to their
veterinary and zoonotic importance. Consequently, correct identification of these potential …

Background Our study aimed to assess the presence of different pathogens in ticks collected
in two regions in Côte d'Ivoire. Methodology/Principal Findings Real-time PCR and standard …

Vectors of emerging infectious diseases have expanded their distributional ranges in recent
decades due to increased global travel, trade connectivity and climate change …

We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and
2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s …

Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by
obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Despite being …