[HTML][HTML] Rickettsial illnesses, a leading cause of acute febrile illness

R Premaratna - Clinical Medicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rickettsial illnesses, comprising mainly spotted fever group, typhus group and scrub typhus,
are vector-borne re-emerging or newly emerging febrile illnesses where humans are an …

[HTML][HTML] A review of rickettsial diseases other than Scrub Typhus in India

S Krishnamoorthi, S Goel, J Kaur, K Bisht… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rickettsial diseases (RD) are widely reported all over the world. Scrub typhus (ST) is a major
tropical infection which is well documented all over India. Therefore, the index of suspicion …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsial infections and their clinical presentations in the Western Province of Sri Lanka: a hospital-based study

R Premaratna, AD Loftis, T Chandrasena… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Rickettsial infections are re-emerging. A study of the geographical
distribution of rickettsial infections, their clinical manifestations, and their complications …

[HTML][HTML] Scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections

K Gunasekaran, D Bal, GM Varghese - Indian Journal of Critical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A bstract Scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections contribute to 25–50% of acute
undifferentiated febrile illnesses in endemic regions. Delayed recognition and therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsial infections in Southeast Asia: implications for local populace and febrile returned travelers

AK Aung, DW Spelman, RJ Murray… - The American journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rickettsial infections represent a major cause of non-malarial febrile illnesses among the
residents of Southeast Asia and returned travelers from that region. There are several …

Rickettsial diseases in travelers

DH Walker - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2003 - Elsevier
Often undiagnosed in travelers with acute nonspecific febrile illness, gastrointestinal,
abdominal, pulmonary, neurologic, or cutaneous signs and symptoms, rickettsial diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Rickettsial diseases: not uncommon causes of acute febrile illness in India

M Biswal, S Krishnamoorthi, K Bisht, A Sehgal… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rickettsial diseases (RDs) are major under-diagnosed causes of arthropod borne acute
febrile illness (AFI) presenting with a range of symptoms from mild self-limiting fever to fatal …

Atypical presentation of rickettsial spotted fever

U Prabhakar, A Singh - Journal of Ayub Medical College …, 2017 - demo.ayubmed.edu.pk
Acute febrile illness is a common entity in tropics and often is challenging due a host of
pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi. Extensive work up is required for better …

Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review

EF Hendershot, DJ Sexton - Current infectious disease reports, 2009 - Springer
Physicians caring for febrile returned travelers face the difficult task of recognizing the typical
and atypical features of more than 16 known rickettsial diseases and separating these …

Tick-borne spotted fever Rickettsioses

PE Fournier, D Raoult - Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spotted fever group rickettsiae are small, gram-negative bacteria that are strictly
intracellular. They have zoonotic reservoirs and are associated with arthropods, mostly ticks …