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Parola P., Paddock C.D., Socolovschi C., Labruna M.B., Mediannikov Oleg, Kernif T., Abdad M.Y., Stenos J., Bitam I., Fournier P.E., Raoult Didier. (2013). Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world : a geographic approach [plus erratum]. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 26 (4), p. 657-702 [+ erratum 2014, vol. 27, no 1, p. 166]. ISSN 0893-8512.

Titre du document
Update on tick-borne rickettsioses around the world : a geographic approach [plus erratum]
Année de publication
2013
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000325272500001
Auteurs
Parola P., Paddock C.D., Socolovschi C., Labruna M.B., Mediannikov Oleg, Kernif T., Abdad M.Y., Stenos J., Bitam I., Fournier P.E., Raoult Didier
Source
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2013, 26 (4), p. 657-702 [+ erratum 2014, vol. 27, no 1, p. 166] ISSN 0893-8512
Tick-borne rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the spotted fever group of the genus Rickettsia. These zoonoses are among the oldest known vector-borne diseases. However, in the past 25 years, the scope and importance of the recognized tick-associated rickettsial pathogens have increased dramatically, making this complex of diseases an ideal paradigm for the understanding of emerging and reemerging infections. Several species of tick-borne rickettsiae that were considered nonpathogenic for decades are now associated with human infections, and novel Rickettsia species of undetermined pathogenicity continue to be detected in or isolated from ticks around the world. This remarkable expansion of information has been driven largely by the use of molecular techniques that have facilitated the identification of novel and previously recognized rickettsiae in ticks. New approaches, such as swabbing of eschars to obtain material to be tested by PCR, have emerged in recent years and have played a role in describing emerging tick-borne rickettsioses. Here, we present the current knowledge on tick-borne rickettsiae and rickettsioses using a geographic approach toward the epidemiology of these diseases.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Description Géographique
MONDE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010061269]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010061269
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