ALLMedicine™ Typhus Center

Nov 22nd, 2021 - Background Rickettsiae comprise a group of microorganisms that phylogenetically occupy a position between bacteria and viruses. The genus Rickettsia is included in the bacterial tribe Rickettsiae, family Rickettsiaceae, and order Rickettsiales. Th...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - Background Rickettsiae comprise a group of microorganisms that phylogenetically occupy a position between bacteria and viruses. The genus Rickettsia is included in the bacterial tribe Rickettsiae, family Rickettsiaceae, and order Rickettsiales. Th...

Oct 20th, 2021 - Scrub typhus is an important neglected vector-borne zoonotic disease across the Asia-Pacific region, with an expanding known distribution. The disease ecology is poorly understood, despite the large global burden of disease. The key determinants o...

Oct 15th, 2021 - Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by intracellular bacteria from the genus Orientia. It is estimated that one billion people are at risk, with one million cases annually mainly affecting rural areas in Asia-Oceania. Relative to its b...

Oct 12th, 2021 - Scrub typhus is an acute febrile disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted through chigger mites. Delayed treatment results in various complications and, in severe cases, death. Granzymes are secreted by cytotoxic T lymphocyte...

Sep 29th, 2021 - Study design: The project will undertake a detailed investigation of one human community, and its environment, at risk of scrub typhus: Chiggers, Rodents & Habitat Study: Transects across diverse habitats determining spatial distribution of specie...

Sep 2nd, 2020 - The funder is USAMRMC - MIDRP and Grant No. DHP-Award D6.7_15_C2_I_15_J9_1317

Oct 1st, 2012 - The low confirmed rickettsioses cases rate may indicate the presence of rickettsiosis other than scrub typhus, murine typhus, and Q fever. The clinical presentation of rickettsiosis is variable and atypical that laboratory confirmation is necessar...

Sep 4th, 2019 - Flea-borne typhus is endemic to Texas and Southern California. 11,12 Evidence suggests that the pathogenic bacteria, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, also commonly infect fleas in the Great Plains area.

Aug 26th, 2019 - We live in an interconnected world. In fact, tourism is now the world's third largest export.[1] A few hot spots attracted most US travelers in the past, but your patients will increasingly be visiting far-flung locations that are truly global. Tr...

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Oct 11th, 2018 - Public health officials in Los Angeles are still working to control an outbreak of typhus, a bacterial disease spread by infected fleas, in the downtown area and elsewhere in the sprawling county. From mid-July until early October, nine cases of t...

Dec 26th, 2017 - My wife and I decided to visit Morocco, to test the maxim that my fellow columnist Joe Eastern often cites: The words you won’t say on your deathbed are, “If only I had spent more time at the office. ” Though I’m not convinced he’s right about that.