Rickettsiosis as Threat for the Traveller

Portillo, Aránzazu; Oteo, José A.

doi:10.5772/25893

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“…The disease was widely reported in soldiers during World War II [40] and now is an important illness for travelers to the endemic regions [41]. More than half (55%) of the world population lives in areas where scrub typhus is endemic, so over one billion people are at risk of acquiring the infection [42].…”

Section: Scrub Typhusmentioning

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The Role of Chiggers as Human Pathogens

Santibáñez¹,

Palomar²,

Portillo³

et al. 2015

An Overview of Tropical Diseases

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Trombiculid mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) are distributed worldwide ectoparasites of a wide range of vertebrates. More than 50 species are known to bite humans, and about 20 have medical importance. The larval stages (chiggers) of the genus Leptotrombidium are vectors of Orientia tsutsugamushi, causative agent of scrub typhus. This life-threatening disease is widely endemic in Asian Pacific regions where more than one billion people are at risk of acquiring the infection and around one million new cases are estimated to occur annually. In addition, although underreported and often misdiagnosed, trombiculiasis, defined as a dermatitis caused by the salivary secretion of biting chiggers, is present in America and Europe.

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Section: Scrub Typhusmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Chiggers as Human Pathogens

Santibáñez¹,

Palomar²,

Portillo³

et al. 2015

An Overview of Tropical Diseases

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“…Because of climate change and socioeconomic factors, tickborne diseases have increased in the past 3 decades, and these arthropods are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases ( 1 , 2 ). Many ixodid tick species are found in Africa, and tickborne diseases in travelers returning from that continent have been reported worldwide ( 3 ). Among the travel-associated cases of African tick-bite fever, most occur in persons returning from travel to southern Africa with fever and systemic illness ( 4 ).…”

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NovelCandidatusRickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014

López‐Vélez¹,

Palomar²,

Oteo³

et al. 2015

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…In fact, travel-acquired rickettsioses are frequently considered imported diseases. Several travel-associated infections refer to tourists infected by R. africae in sub-Saharan Africa, who develop African tick-bite fever (ATBF) [ 82 ]. It has been suspected that tick-borne infections can also affect individuals who have recently been visited by travellers, as was the case of the first DEBONEL/TIBOLA related to a D. marginatus bite in a patient without travel history documented in United Kingdom, where this tick species had not been notified yet [ 83 ].…”

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Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

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Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiae are far from being completely understood. Their association with arthropod vectors, the importance of vertebrates as reservoirs, the rarity of clinical signs in animals, or the interactions of pathogenic species with rickettsial endosymbionts and with the host intracellular environment, are only some examples. Moreover, new rickettsiae are continuously being discovered. In this review, we focus on the ‘neglected’ aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses and on the gaps in knowledge, which could help to explain why these infections are still emerging and re-emerging threats worldwide.

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Rickettsiosis as Threat for the Traveller

Cited by 5 publications

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The Role of Chiggers as Human Pathogens

The Role of Chiggers as Human Pathogens

NovelCandidatusRickettsia Species Detected in Nostril Tick from Human, Gabon, 2014

Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

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