| vectors vs. humans in australia--who is on top down under? an update on vector-borne disease and research on vectors in australia. | australia has a diversity of vectors and vector-borne human diseases. mosquito-borne arboviruses are of greatest concern, but there are issues with other vector and pathogen systems. mosquitoes were responsible for more than 35,000 cases of ross river virus during 1991-1997. barmah forest virus is increasing nationwide, and unidentified bunyaviruses suspected of causing illness have been isolated. cases of murray valley encephalitis have occurred in 14 of the past 20 years in northern australia. ... | 1998 | 9673928 |
| ultrastructural and genetic evidence of a reptilian tick, aponomma hydrosauri, as a host of rickettsia honei in australia: possible transovarial transmission. | in 1993, a novel rickettsia was isolated from the blood of inhabitants of flinders island, australia, with acute febrile illnesses. this rickettsia was found to be a new species of spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsia, eventually named rickettsia honei. the suspected ectoparasite vector of this rickettsia has yet to be identified. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the presence of this rickettsial species in a suspected tick vector, aponomma hydrosauri, by dna sequencing and electron micr ... | 2003 | 12860602 |
| not only 'flinders island' spotted fever. | to demonstrate that flinders island spotted fever (fisf), a spotted fever group rickettsial infection caused by rickettsia honei, is found not only on flinders island (bass strait), tasmania, but elsewhere in south-east australia. | 2005 | 16175900 |
| flinders island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of rickettsia honei, eastern australia. | australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, queensland tick typhus, flinders island spotted fever, and scrub typhus. we describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis with an acute onset and symptoms of fever (100%), headache (71%), arthralgia (43%), myalgia (43%), cough (43%), maculopapular/petechial rash (43%), nausea (29%), pharyngitis (29%), lymphadenopathy (29%), and eschar (29%). cases were most prevalent in autumn and from eastern australia, including queensland, tasmania, and south austral ... | 2007 | 17553271 |