Rickettsia diagnosis, research and treatments

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BMJ 1999 Jul 31;319(7205):284-6
Comment in: BMJ. 2000 Jan 1;320(7226):58-9
Long term vascular complications of Coxiella burnetii infection in Switzerland: cohort study.
Lovey PY, Morabia A, Bleed D, Peter O, Dupuis G, Petite J.

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Long term vascular complications of Coxiella burnetii infection in Switzerland: cohort study.
BMJ 1999 Jul 31;319(7205):284-6
Lovey PY, Morabia A, Bleed D, Peter O, Dupuis G, Petite J

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 10, No. 3 March 2004
Acute Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis among Febrile Patients, Cameroon
Lucy M. Ndip, Donald H. Bouyer, Amelia P.A. Travassos Da Rosa, V.P.K. Titanji, Robert B. Tesh, and David H. Walker

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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy  - Rickettsial Diseases

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vol. 7, No. 1 Jan–Feb 2001
A Flea-Associated Rickettsia Pathogenic for Humans
Didier Raoult,* Bernard La Scola,* Maryse Enea,* Pierre-Edouard Fournier,* Véronique Roux,* Florence Fenollar,* Marcio A.M. Galvao,† Xavier de Lamballerie*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vol. 7, No. 5 Sep–Oct 2001
Changing Epidemiology of Q Fever in Germany, 1947-1999
Wiebke Hellenbrand, Thomas Breuer, and Lyle Petersen

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Detection and Identification of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichiae in African Ticks

Philippe Parola,* Hisashi Inokuma,* Jean-Louis Camicas,† Philippe Brouqui,* and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Molecular Characterization of a Novel Rickettsia Species from Ixodes scapularis in Texas
Adrian N. Billings,* Glenna J. Teltow,† Scott C. Weaver,*and David H. Walker*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rickettsial Pathogens and Their Arthropod Vectors
Abdu F. Azad* and Charles B. Beard†

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rickettsia mongolotimonae
: A Rare Pathogen in France
Pierre-Edouard Fournier,* Hervé Tissot-Dupont,*† Hervé Gallais,† and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
New Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected in Territories of the Former Soviet Union
Elena Rydkina,*† Véronique Roux,* Natalia Fetisova,† Nikolai Rudakov,‡ Mouniver Gafarova,§ Irina Tarasevich,† and Didier Raoult*†

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Evidence of Infection in Humans with Rickettsia helvetica in Eastern France
Pierre-Edouard Fournier,* Fabienne Grunnenberger,† Benoît Jaulhac,‡ Geneviève Gastinger,§ and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rickettsia felis in Ctenocephalides spp. Fleas, Brazil
Riva P. Oliveira,* Márcio A.M. Galvão,* Claudio L. Mafra,* Chequer B. Chamone,† Simone B. Calic,† Sergio U. Silva,‡ and David H. Walker§

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Flea-borne Rickettsioses: Ecologic Considerations
Abdu F. Azad, Suzana Radulovic, James A. Higgins, B. H. Noden, and Jill M. Troyer

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Rickettsia felis Infection Acquired in Europe and Documented by Polymerase Chain Reaction
Joachim Richter,* Pierre-Edouard Fournier,† Jasmina Petridou,* Dieter Häussinger,* and Didier Raoult†

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Japanese Spotted Fever: Report of 31 Cases and Review of the Literature

Fumihiko Mahara

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Dual Infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia: A Case Report
Daniel J. Sexton, G. Ralph Corey,Christopher Carpenter,Li Quo Kong,Tejel Gandhi,Edward Breitschwerdt, Barbara Hegarty, Sheng-Ming Chen, Hui-Min Feng, Xue-Jie Yu, Juan Olano, David H. Walker, and Stephen J. Dumler

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus) Outbreak in Burundi

D. Raoult,* V. Roux,* J.B. Ndihokubwayo,† G. Bise,‡ D. Baudon,§ G. Martet,§ and R. Birtles*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Murine Typhus in Travelers Returning from Indonesia

Philippe Parola,* Dirk Vogelaers,† Chantal Roure,‡François Janbon,§ and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
New Orientia tsutsugamushi Strain from Scrub Typhus in Australia

Dimitri M. Odorico,* Stephen R. Graves,† Bart Currie,‡ Julian Catmull,* Zoltan Nack,† Sharon Ellis,† Ling Wang,† and David J. Miller*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emergence of the Ehrlichioses as Human Health Problems

David H. Walker, M.D., J. Stephen Dumler, M.D.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Ehrlichia Infection in Italy

M. Nuti, D.A. Serafini, D. Bassetti, A. Ghionni, F. Russino, P. Rombolà G. Macri and E. Lillini

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Serologic Evidence of Human Monocytic and Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Israel

Avi Keysary, Lili Amram, Gershon Keren, Zev Sthoeger, Israel Potasman, Amir Jacob, Carmella Strenger, Jacqueline E. Dawson and Trevor Waner

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Prevalence of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a Rural New Jersey County

Shobha Varde, John Beckley, and Ira Schwartz

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol 39, 725-730
Copyright © 1997 by The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of levofloxacin against Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, 'Israeli spotted fever group rickettsia' and Coxiella burnetii
M Maurin and D Raoult

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Volume 10, Number 1, January 2004
Dispatch
Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
Anne-Marié Pretorius and Richard J. Birtles

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol 41, 1-21,
Copyright © 1998 by The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Roxithromycin: review of its antimicrobial activity
A Bryskier

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2001) 47, 659-663
© 2001 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Brief report
In vitro activity of antimicrobial agents against the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis
P. G. Hermans (a), C. A. Hart (b) and A. J. Trees (a),*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases issue Vol 8, No5 - May 2002
Research
Genetic Variants of Ehrlichia phagocytophila1, Rhode Island and Connecticut
Robert F. Massung,* Michael J. Mauel,† Jessica H. Owens,* Nancy Allan,* Joshua W. Courtney,* Kirby C. Stafford III,‡ and Thomas N. Mather

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Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 8, Number 6, June 2002
Research
Geographic Association of Rickettsia felis-Infected Opossums with Human Murine Typhus, Texas
Ardys Boostrom,* Magda S. Beier,† Jacqueline A. Macaluso,† Kevin R. Macaluso,† Daniel Sprenger,* Jack Hayes,‡ Suzana Radulovic,† and Abdu F. Azad†

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Research article
Wolbachia: Evolutionary novelty in a rickettsial bacteria
Cort L Anderson1, 2 and Timothy L Karr

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Dispatch - Issue: Vol 8, no7, July 2002
Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
Allan Krusell,* James A. Comer,† and Daniel J. Sexton‡

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Arch Dis Child 2001;85:54-55 ( July )
Article - Short report
Facial nerve palsy associated with Rickettsia conorii infection
M Bitsoria, E Galanakisa, C E Papadakisb, S Sbyrakisa

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Issue: Vol 8, No 9 - September 2002
Dispatch
First Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus from Italy
Tiziana Beninati,* Nathan Lo,*† Hiroaki Noda,† Fulvio Esposito,‡ Annapaola Rizzoli,§ Guido Favia,‡ and Claudio Genchi*§

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Dispatch
Past Issue Vol. 8, No. 12 December 2002
Naturally Occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection in Two Prosimian Primate Species: Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) and Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata)
Cathy V. Williams,* Jan L. Van Steenhouse,† Julie M. Bradley,‡ Susan I. Hancock,‡ Barbara C. Hegarty,‡ and Edward B. Breitschwerdt‡

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol 8, No 12 - December 2002
Dispatch
Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice
Pierre-Edouard Fournier,* Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo,*† Jo Guidran,‡ Patrick J. Kelly,§ and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Volume 9, no 3 - March 2003
Molecular Detection of Bartonella quintana, B. koehlerae, B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae, Rickettsia felis, and Wolbachia pipientis in Cat Fleas, France
Jean-Marc Rolain,* Michel Franc,† Bernard Davoust,‡ and Didier Raoult*

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 9, No. 5 May 2003
Dispatch
Emerging Rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar Border
Philippe Parola,*†‡ R. Scott Miller,* Philip McDaniel,§ Sam R. Telford III,‡ Jean-Marc Rolain,† Chansuda Wongsrichanalai,* and Didier Raoult†

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 9, No. 6 June 2003
Relapsing Fever–Like Spirochetes Infecting European Vector Tick of Lyme Disease Agent
Dania Richter,* Daniela B. Schlee,* and Franz-Rainer Matuschka

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Volume 10, Number 1, January 2004
Dispatch
Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
Anne-Marié Pretorius and Richard J. Birtles

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol 39, 725-730,
Copyright © 1997 by The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of levofloxacin against Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, 'Israeli spotted fever group rickettsia' and Coxiella burnetii
M Maurin and D Raoult

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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2000) 45, 305-310
© 2000 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
In vitro susceptibilities of Rickettsia and Bartonella spp. to 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin as determined by immunofluorescent antibody analysis of infected Vero cell monolayers
Timothy J. Ivesa,*, Eric L. Marstonb, Russell L. Regneryb, John D. Buttsc and Thomas C. Majerusd

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 10, No. 8 August 2004
Dispatch
Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma triste from Uruguay
José M. Venzal, Aránzazu Portillo, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Oscar Castro, Perla A. Cabrera, and José A. Oteo

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 10, No. 5 May 2004
Research
Acute Tick-borne Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia heilongjiangensis in the Russian Far East
Oleg Y. Mediannikov, Yuri Sidelnikov, Leonid Ivanov, Eugenia Mokretsova, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Irina Tarasevich, and Didier Raoult

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 10, No. 5 May 2004
Dispatch
Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Kenya
Jeremiah S. Rutherford, Kevin R. Macaluso, Nathaniel Smith, Sherif R. Zaki, Christopher D. Paddock, Jon Davis, Norman Peterson, Abdu F. Azad, and Ronald Rosenberg

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - Vol. 10, No. 8 August 2004
Dispatch
Spotted-Fever Group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis, Maryland
Nicole C. Ammerman, Katherine I. Swanson, Jennifer M. Anderson, Timothy R. Schwartz, Eric C. Seaberg, Gregory E. Glass, and Douglas E. Norris

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