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 …

Rickettsia felis is an emerging insect-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of
flea-borne spotted fever. First described as a human pathogen from the USA in 1991, R. felis …

Companion vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are an important threat for pet life, but may also
have an impact on human health, due to their often zoonotic character. The importance and …

Data on genus and infectious by Rickettsia were retrospectively compiled from the critical
review literature regarding all countries in Latin America, Caribbean islands, Portugal and …

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 …

Rickettsia felis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is different from other officially
recognized rickettsial species. It has multiple genes of different origins, an incubation …

In 1973, investigators isolated a rickettsial organism, designated strain WB-8-2T, from an
adult Amblyomma americanum tick collected at Land Between the Lakes National …

Background The agents of spotted fevers in Latin America are Rickettsia rickettsii, R. parkeri,
Rickettsia sp. strain Atlantic rainforest, and R. massiliae. In Continental Central America, R …

Ticks collected in the last two decades from free-living and captive wild animals from 28
municipalities of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso were identified and tested using …

Rickettsia amblyommatis is a potentially pathogenic species of Rickettsia within the spotted
fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species …