| imported rickettsial disease: clinical and epidemiologic features. | the rickettsioses continue to constitute major health problems in many parts of the world. with increasing international travel, recognition of rickettsial diseases by physicians is becoming more important. the clinical features of four cases of rickettsial disease imported into canada over a five-year period are presented; two patients with tick typhus (rickettsia conorii), one patient with scrub typhus (r. tsutsugamushi), and one patient with murine typhus (r. typhi). we also present the north ... | 1988 | 3195604 |
| serologic survey of eptesicus fuscus from georgia, u.s.a. for rickettsia and borrelia and laboratory transmission of a rickettsia by bat ticks. | bats and their ectoparasites are associated with bacterial agents of unknown pathogenicity. we tested sera from 56 eptesicus fuscus from georgia against borrelia hermsii, orientia tsutsugamushi, rickettsia conorii, and rickettsia rickettsii. we detected antibodies reactive against a relapsing fever borrelia and spotted fever group rickettsia in 3/56 and 1/56 bats, respectively. we attempted to culture bartonella from the blood of these bats but were unsuccessful. in addition, we fed bat ticks, c ... | 2006 | 17249357 |