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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Rocky mountain spotted fever"”.
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The Lyme Disease Spirochete, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, in Tick Species Collected from Raccoons (<i>Procyon lotor</i>) and Opossums (<i>Didelphis virginiana</i>) Trapped in the Warren and Barren Counties of South Central Kentucky
… of tick-borne zoonoses such as Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Lyme disease has steadily increased in the southeastern United States in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the southeastern states accounted for 1,200 of the 27,000 …
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Mechanisms of increased microvascular permeability during acute Rickettsiosis
… severe bacterial infections in man including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and epidemic typhus. Rickettsiae primarily target the microvascular endothelium leading to increased microvascular permeability, the mechanisms of which are completely unknown. We sought to determine the impact of host …
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High resolution modeling of tick density and detection of Rickettsia spp. in Dermacentor spp. ticks at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, WA
… the bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The detection of this bacterium in ticks at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (TNWR) indicates a potential risk to human health. In order to follow up on this discovery, we had two separate objectives. First we …
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Rickettsia prowazekii and its ‘Junk DNA’: The Identification and Characterization of Small RNAs
As the etiologic agents of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and epidemic typhus, Rickettsia are obligate intracellular Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. Genomic sequencing determined that ~24% of the Rickettsia prowazekii genome was noncoding DNA due to genomic reduction. Regions of bacterial …
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Effects of Blood Contamination on Cerebrospinal Fluid Cell Counts, Protein, and D-dimer Concentrations
… in some dogs with a variety of infectious (Rocky mountain spotted fever), non-infectious inflammatory (granulomatous meningoencephalitis, steroid-responsive meningitis), traumatic (intervertebral disc disease, spinal fracture), and neoplastic (meningioma) diseases. When all dogs with CNS …
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Molecular Detection and Characterization of Rickettsia sp. in Hard Ticks Collected in Nacogdoches, Texas
<p>The number of cases of tick-borne diseases is increasing in the United States. Many efforts to control ticks have been made and are continuously being developed. These methods include surveillance of ticks and detection of the tick-borne pathogens.This study examined hard ticks in Nacogdoches, …