<i>Rickettsia aeschlimannii</i>: A New Pathogenic Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, South Africa

Pretorius, Anne-Marié; Birtles, Richard J.

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“…No further symptoms developed. Molecular studies of both the biopsy specimen and the tick confirmed the R. aeschlimannii infection (Pretorius & Birtles, 2002). Recently, two new cases were reported in Algeria (Mokrani et al, 2008).…”

Section: Rickettsia Aeschlimannii R Aeschlimannii Was First Isolatedmentioning

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Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

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Summary :In recent years, the prevalence of tick-borne bacterial diseases has significantly increased in European countries. The emergence and reemergence of these illnesses are attributed to changes in the environment and human behavior. Several diseases are caused by bacteria initially isolated from ticks and subsequently considered pathogenic. It is necessary to consider the bacteria found in arthropods capable of biting humans as potential human pathogens. Here we review the clinical and epidemiological data on bacterial tick-borne diseases in European countries. We focus on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses and give an overview of other tick-borne illnesses as well as the emergence and re-emergence of these diseases. Résumé : ACTUALITÉ SUR LES MALADIES BACTÉRIENNES TRANSMISES PAR

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Section: Rickettsia Aeschlimannii R Aeschlimannii Was First Isolatedmentioning

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Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

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“…Clinical signs in this 36-year-old man were fever, generalized maculopapular rashes, and a vesicular lesion of the ankle that became necrotic and resembled the typical tache noire of Mediterranean spotted fever. A second case was identifi ed in a patient in South Africa in 2002 (10). This patient had an eschar around the attachment site.…”

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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks, Morocco

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Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…Between 1984 and 2004, nine more species or subspecies of tick-borne spotted fever rickettsiae were identified as emerging pathogens throughout the world, including, R. japonica in Japan [6,46,65,71,72,[82][83][84]146]; "R. conorii caspia" in Astrakhan [35,38,39,143], Africa [47] and Kosovo [48]; R. africae in sub-Saharan Africa and the West Indies [62,63]; R. honei in the Flinders Island, offshore of Australia [9,57,140,141], the Island of Tasmania, Australia [153], Thailand [73], and possibly in the USA [13]; R. slovaca in Europe [29,74,101,122]; "R. sibirica mongolotimonae" in China [157], Europe [44,118] and Africa [106,113]; R. heilongjiangensis in China [42,49]; R. aeschlimannii in Africa [11,112,121] and Europe [43]; and finally R. parkeri in the USA [104]. R. helvetica is also suspected to be a human pathogen in Europe [45] and Asia [46,61,107], but this needs c...…”

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Tick- and flea-borne rickettsial emerging zoonoses

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- Between 1984 and2004, nine more species or subspecies of spotted fever rickettsiae were identified as emerging agents of tick-borne rickettsioses throughout the world. Six of these species had first been isolated from ticks and later found to be pathogenic to humans. The most recent example is Rickettsia parkeri, recognized as a human pathogen more than 60 years after its initial isolation from ticks. A new spotted fever rickettsia, R. felis was also found to be associated with fleas and to be a human pathogen. Similarly, bacteria within the family Anaplasmataceae have been considered to be of veterinary importance only, yet three species have been implicated in human diseases in recent years, including Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the agent of human anaplasmosis (formerly known as "human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent", E. equi and E. phagocytophila), and finally Ehrlichia ewingii, which causes granulocytic ehrlichiosis in humans. We present here an overview of the various tick-and flea-borne rickettsial zoonoses described in the last 20 years, focusing on the ecological, epidemiological and clinical aspects.

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Rickettsia aeschlimannii: A New Pathogenic Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, South Africa

Cited by 93 publications

References 4 publications

Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks, Morocco

Tick- and flea-borne rickettsial emerging zoonoses

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