Journal article
Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: A geographic approach
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Vol.26(4), pp.657-702
2013
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.
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- Title
- Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: A geographic approach
- Authors/Creators
- P. Parola (Author/Creator) - Aix-Marseille UniversitéC.D. Paddock (Author/Creator) - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionC. Socolovschi (Author/Creator) - Aix-Marseille UniversitéM.B. Labruna (Author/Creator) - Universidade de São PauloO. Mediannikov (Author/Creator) - Aix-Marseille UniversitéT. Kernif (Author/Creator) - Institut Pasteur d'AlgérieM.Y. Abdad (Author/Creator) - Barwon HealthJ. Stenos (Author/Creator) - Barwon HealthI. Bitam (Author/Creator) - University of BoumerdesP-E Fournier (Author/Creator) - Aix-Marseille UniversitéD. Raoult (Author/Creator) - Aix-Marseille Université
- Publication Details
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Vol.26(4), pp.657-702
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Identifiers
- 991005543945207891
- Copyright
- © 2013, American Society for Microbiology.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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