| [mediterranean spotted fever in childhood. prospective study of 130 cases]. | authors present a prospective study of 130 cases of mediterranean spotted fever treated between 1983 and 1985 in two departments of paediatrics of the valles occidental, area near barcelona. thirty-eight percent of the children came from suburban areas, an urban areas, an urban or rural origin being less frequent. previous contacts with dogs existed in 86% of the cases. most frequent clinical signs were fever (100%) maculo-papular rash (97%) and arthromyalgias (70%). the "tache noire" was found ... | 1988 | 3400937 |
| a serological study of exposure to arthropod-borne pathogens in dogs from northeastern spain. | there is limited information regarding the prevalence of many vector borne pathogens in europe and especially in spanish dogs. we investigated 206 sick and 260 clinically healthy dogs from three different regions in northeastern spain for antibodies to rickettsia conorii (rc), ehrlichia canis (ec), anaplasma phagocytophilum (ap), bartonella henselae (bh), bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (bvb), leishmania infantum (li) and borrelia burgdorferi (bb) and for antigen of dirofilaria immitis (di ... | 2006 | 16472522 |
| tick-borne lymphadenopathy: a new infectious disease in children. | to describe the epidemiologic and clinical aspects of patients with tick-borne lymphadenopathy (tibola). | 2008 | 18520970 |
| seroepidemiological survey of mediterranean spotted fever in an endemic area ('vallés occidental', barcelona, spain). | a seroepidemiological survey of mediterranean spotted fever was carried out in the region of 'vallés occidental', barcelona (spain). the prevalence of antibodies to rickettsia conorii in human beings and dogs was determined by indirect immunofluorescence. in 200 samples of sera from subjects without former history of boutonneuse fever, an overall prevalence of antibodies to r. conorii of 11.6% was found. seropositivity was significantly higher in the age group greater than 50 years. a significan ... | 1990 | 2293428 |
| prevalence of antibodies to rickettsia conorii in human beings and dogs from catalonia: a 20-year perspective. | the incidence of mediterranean spotted fever (msf) in catalonia (spain) has decreased in the last two decades. the prevalence of antibodies to rickettsia conorii in human beings and dogs in the region of vallès occidental (catalonia) was assessed by indirect immunofluorescence, and the results compared with those obtained in a similar study from 1987. nineteen (5·0%) out of 383 human serum samples had antibodies to r. conorii. this seroprevalence was significantly lower (11·5%) (p = 0·003) than ... | 2016 | 26899636 |
| rickettsia slovaca infection in humans in the northeast of spain: seroprevalence study. | catalonia is an endemic area of mediterranean spotted fever. in 1997, a. lakos described a new tick-borne infectious disease called tick-borne lymphadenopathy. the causative agent is rickettsia slovaca, which is transmitted by dermacentor marginatus ticks. we have diagnosed human cases in catalonia. the objective of this study was to determinate seroprevalence of r. slovaca infection in humans in the northeast of spain. the population included 217 subjects from catalonia, northeast of spain and ... | 2008 | 18620514 |
| short report: isolation and identification of two spotted fever group rickettsial strains from patients in catalonia, spain. | two rickettsial strains, 16b (previously isolated) and fb1, were isolated from blood from patients with mediterranean spotted fever in catalonia, spain. these are the only 2 human rickettsial isolates of the spotted fever group obtained so far in spain. these strains were identified by the polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis of a fragment of the outer membrane protein a (ompa) gene. the partial ompa sequence was found to be 100% identical with that of rickettsia conorii (malish 7 str ... | 2000 | 10761740 |