ReviewInfectious disease clinics of North America2019
The Rickettsioses: A Practical Update.
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141 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 223 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and associated factors of Anaplasma, Rickettsia, and Coxiella-related bacteria in ticks in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental & applied acarology · 2026Pooled it
- Mapping the global distribution of spotted fever group rickettsiae: a systematic review with modelling analysis.The Lancet. Digital health · 2023Pooled it
- Rickettsial Diseases and Vaccines: Is There an Opportunity for Plant-Made Vaccine Technology?Biotechnology and bioengineering · 2026Review
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- Typhus Group Rickettsiosis and the Dengue Diagnostic Paradox: Low Laboratory-Confirmed Dengue Amid the Americas' Largest Epidemic.Infectious disease reports · 2026Article
- Rickettsia massiliae and its public health significance across Palearctic and Oriental regions: a scoping review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Eco-Epidemiological Study of Seropositivity Against Rickettsia and Leptospira Agents in Rural Areas of Urabá, Colombia.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2026Article
- Improved Detection and Sequencing of Rickettsia spp. DNA in South African Wildlife.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
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- Development of chimeric monoclonal antibodies as standardised positive controls in rickettsial serodiagnosis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Differentiating Spotted Fever From Scrub Typhus Based on Clinical and Laboratory Features: A Retrospective Cohort Study From South India.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Tropical infectious diseases and skin manifestations: a diagnostic framework.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Resistance by applied immunology: fabricated typhus epidemic as civil protection in occupied Poland during World War II.Infection · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Value of Neutrophil CD64 in Differentiating Scrub Typhus From Febrile Diseases.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2026Article
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- Subclinical Cardiac Disturbances AfterTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- Ecologic and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Seroprevalence ofEpidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- County-level surveillance for the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and Rickettsia species in Kentucky.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Rickettsia are small, obligately intracellular, gram-negative bacilli. They are distributed among a variety of hematophagous arthropod vectors and cause illness throughout the world. Rickettsioses present as an acute undifferentiated febrile illness and are often accompanied by headache, myalgias, and malaise. Cutaneous manifestations include rash and eschar, which both occur at varying incidence depending on the infecting species. Serology is the mainstay of diagnosis, and the indirect immunofluorescence assay is the test of choice. Reactive antibodies are seldom present during early illness, so testing should be performed on both acute-phase and convalescent-phase sera. Doxycycline is the treatment of choice.
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