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Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: a geographic approach.
- Source :
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Clinical microbiology reviews [Clin Microbiol Rev] 2013 Oct; Vol. 26 (4), pp. 657-702. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Africa epidemiology
Americas epidemiology
Animals
Asia epidemiology
Australasia epidemiology
Boutonneuse Fever epidemiology
Boutonneuse Fever microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging microbiology
Europe epidemiology
Female
Genome, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Phylogeny
Rickettsia genetics
Rickettsia Infections diagnosis
Rickettsia Infections drug therapy
Rickettsia Infections epidemiology
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases diagnosis
Tick-Borne Diseases drug therapy
Rickettsia classification
Rickettsia isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections microbiology
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever epidemiology
Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology
Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology
Ticks microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-6618
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical microbiology reviews
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24092850
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00032-13