Proposal to Create Subspecies of <i>Rickettsia sibirica</i> and an Emended Description of <i>Rickettsia sibirica</i>

Fournier, Pierre‐Edouard; Zhu, Yong; Yu, Xue‐Jie; Raoult, Didier

doi:10.1196/annals.1374.120

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“…RICKETTSIA SIBIRICA MONGOLITIMONAE R. sibirica mongolitimonae causes LAR (lymphangitisassociated rickettsiosis) (Fournier et al, 2005;Fournier et al, 2006). This rickettsia was firstly isolated in Beijing from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks collected in the Alashian region of Inner Mongolia in 1991 (Yu et al, 1993).…”

Section: Rickettsia Massiliaementioning

confidence: 99%

Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

et al. 2009

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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 Massiliaementioning

confidence: 99%

Update on tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

et al. 2009

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“…In addition to these 26 species, subspecies have been proposed within the Rickettsia conorii (8) and Rickettsia sibirica (9) species. The taxonomic criteria used to describe new Rickettsia species have not changed over the past 10 years (10).…”

Section: Taxonomic and Genomic Bacteriology: The Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

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SUMMARY 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 vector-borne diseases. However, in the past 25 years, the scope and importance of the recognized tick-associated rickettsial pathogens have increased dramatically, making this complex of diseases an ideal paradigm for the understanding of emerging and reemerging infections. Several species of tick-borne rickettsiae that were considered nonpathogenic for decades are now associated with human infections, and novel Rickettsia species of undetermined pathogenicity continue to be detected in or isolated from ticks around the world. This remarkable expansion of information has been driven largely by the use of molecular techniques that have facilitated the identification of novel and previously recognized rickettsiae in ticks. New approaches, such as swabbing of eschars to obtain material to be tested by PCR, have emerged in recent years and have played a role in describing emerging tick-borne rickettsioses. Here, we present the current knowledge on tick-borne rickettsiae and rickettsioses using a geographic approach toward the epidemiology of these diseases.

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“…To the Editor: Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae has been recently reported as a subspecies of R. sibirica (1). The fi rst evidence of R. sibirica mongolitimonae pathogenicity in humans was documented in France in 1996 (2).…”

Section: Rickettsia Sibirica Mongolitimonae Infection Spainmentioning

confidence: 99%