[two cases of spotted fever group rickettsiosis contracted in southern parts of africa]. | a 40-year-old japanese male stayed in zimbabwe and developed a fever above 38 degrees c during which he noted a typical eschar in the lumbar region and also regional inguinal lymphadenopathy. although not conspicuous, erythematous eruptions accompanied by itching were observed on the face, trunk and lower extremities. after returning to japan and visiting our hospital, he was suspected of rickettsiosis and put on minocycline which gradually led to the improvement of the symptoms. immunofluoresce ... | 1998 | 9916419 |
amblyomma hebraeum is a vector of rickettsia africae and not r. conorii. | | 2001 | 12219911 |
prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms and spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks (acari: ixodidae) from zimbabwe. | the prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms in ticks from zimbabwe was determined using the hemolymph test. amblyomma hebraeum had the highest prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms. other species with rickettsia-like organisms included amblyomma sparsum, amblyomma variegatum, hyalomma marginatum rufipes, ripicephalus simus, haemaphysalis leachi, amblyomma rhinocerotis, and hyalomma truncatum. ticks with no demonstrable rickettsia-like organisms infection were boophilus decoloratus, haemaphysal ... | 1995 | 8551500 |
a new pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsia from africa. | a spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsia was isolated in zimbabwe from a patient with tick-bite, fever, headache and regional lymphadenopathy. a further six isolates were obtained from amblyomma hebraeum ticks collected in zimbabwe. these human and tick isolates were indistinguishable from each other, and from an ethiopian sfg rickettsia, by microimmunofluorescence (mif), sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page), western blotting and polymerase chain reaction followed ... | 1994 | 7911846 |
role of cattle in the epidemiology of tick-bite fever in zimbabwe. | almost 100% of 52 cattle tested from the southern areas of zimbabwe were found to have antibodies reactive with rickettsia conorii compared with less than 30% of 120 cattle from the north. steers artificially infected with r. conorii isolated from amblyomma hebraeum were found to show no hematological or biochemical signs of disease but did seroconvert. clinical signs of infection were restricted to regional lymphadenopathy and dermal erythema, edema, and tenderness at the inoculation site. rick ... | 1991 | 2007631 |
transmission of a spotted fever group rickettsia by amblyomma hebraeum (acari: ixodidae). | amblyomma hebraeum, a cattle tick common in southern africa, was demonstrated to be capable of maintaining an infection with an unclassified spotted fever group rickettsia both transtadially and transovarially. all feeding stages of the tick transmitted the infection to rabbits. the rickettsia was isolated and found to be serotypically distinct from three strains of rickettsia conorii by microimmunofluorescence. rabbit serum titers were found to be higher with indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) ... | 1991 | 1941925 |