ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
Diagnosis of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in U.S. Travelers Returning from Africa, 2007-2016.
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- Investigation of potentially zoonoticScience in One Health · 2025Article
- Rickettsia africae infections in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review of epidemiological studies and summary of case reports.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2024Review
- Evidence of zoonotic rickettsiae in ixodid ticks of domestic animals in some communal farms in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.Journal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2024Article
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- Riding the Wave: Reactive Vector-Borne Disease Policy Renders the United States Vulnerable to Outbreaks and Insecticide Resistance.Journal of medical entomology · 2022Article
- Incidence Estimates of Acute Q Fever and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, from 2007 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Rickettsioses and Q Fever in Tanzania: Estimating the Burden of Pervasive and Neglected Causes of Severe Febrile Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Molecular Evidence for Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis in Febrile Patients from Madagascar.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Differential Laboratory Diagnosis of Acute Fever in Guinea: Preparedness for the Threat of Hemorrhagic Fevers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory features ofLe infezioni in medicina · 2021Review
- Temporal trends in diagnostic evolutions for rickettsial diseases including scrub typhus: a bibliometric study.Pathogens and global healthArticle
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Abstract
Spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGRs), such as African tick bite fever (ATBF), are among the most commonly diagnosed diseases for ill travelers returning from southern Africa. We summarized demographic, clinical, and diagnostic features of imported SFGR cases in U.S. travelers returning from Africa who had laboratory specimens submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diagnosis of SFGR was performed by indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay, immunohistochemical staining, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or culture. Cases were defined as probable SFGR, confirmed SFGR, or confirmed ATBF. Clinical and epidemiological categorical variables were described as counts and proportions; continuous variables were described using geometric mean titers, median, and range. One hundred and twenty-seven patients satisfied laboratory criteria for confirmed or probable SFGR. Fever was the most common symptom (
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