A Comparison of the Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever with Dengue and COVID-19 in Hospitalized Children, Sonora, México, 2015–2022 by Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Cristian Noé Rivera-Rosas, Jesús René Tadeo Calleja-López, Jehan Bonizú Álvarez-Meza, Maria del Carmen Candia-Plata, Denica Cruz-Loustaunau, Antonio Alvídrez-Labrado

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The distribution, phenology, host range and pathogen prevalence of Ixodes ricinus in France: a systematic map and narrative review by Perez, Grégoire, Bournez, Laure, Boulanger, Nathalie, Fite, Johanna, Livoreil, Barbara, McCoy, Karen D., Quillery, Elsa, René-Martellet, Magalie, Bonnet, Sarah I.

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Species Composition, Genetic Structure, and Pathogen Prevalence in Tick Populations in Guangxi, China by Na Jiang, Haoqiang Tian, Chunfu Li, Rui Ma, Mengyun Liu, Shurong Wang, Qingan Zhou, Xiankai Wei, Juanmei Mo, Zimei Chen, Zhaoan Sheng, Lei Duan, Lu He, Peng Song, Jiahui Sun, Jian Li, Wei Hu, Xinyu Feng

“…PCR was used to detect five common tick-borne pathogens: Rickettsia , Babesia , Theileria , Borrelia burgdorferi , and Anaplasma phagocytophilum . …”
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Prevalence of Ticks Infesting Dairy Cattle and the Pathogens They Harbour in Smallholder Farms in Peri-Urban Areas of Nairobi, Kenya by Shepelo Getrude Peter, Hellen Wambui Kariuki, Gabriel Oluga Aboge, Daniel Waweru Gakuya, Ndichu Maingi, Charles Matiku Mulei

“…Although Rh. decoloratus was the most prevalent tick (24.5% (23/94)), the emerging Rh. microplus (6.4% (6/94)) was also identified. The DNA of Rickettsia was detected in the ticks, with Rickettsia conorii in H. rufipes and A. variegatum, and Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Rh. microplus and H. rufipes, while Ehrlichia ruminantium and E. canis were in A. variegatum. …”
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Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment by A. Haidar-Ahmad, C. Barthel, P. Boyer, G. Joncour, B. Degeilh, N. Boulanger

“…Both Dermacentor species harbored either Rickettsia slovaca (24 %) or Rickettsia raoultii (20 %), whereas I. ricinus carried Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Anaplasma phagocytophilum but not Borrelia miyamotoi or Neoehrlichia mikurensis. …”
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Detection of <i>Ehrlichia</i> spp. and <i>Theileria</i> spp. in <i>Hyalomma anatolicum</i> ticks collected in Tajikistan by M. Yu. Kartashov, Yu. V. Kononova, I. D. Petrova, N. L. Tupota, T. P. Mikryukova, V. A. Ternovoi, F. H. Tishkova, V. B. Loktev

“…Hyalomma anatolicum ticks collected in the Tursunzade and Rudaki districts of Tajikistan were tested for DNA of Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp., and Theileria spp. by PCR with specific primers. …”
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Interstitial pneumonia due to Japanese spotted fever by Katsunori Arai, Hirokazu Tokuyasu, Tatsuya Konishi, Toshiyuki Tatsukawa, Kenichi Takeda, Akira Yamasaki

“…In patients with signs of interstitial pneumonia on chest computed tomography, Rickettsial pneumonia should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially if they have visited a Rickettsia‐endemic area.…”
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A Rare Case of Mediterranean Spotted Fever and Encephalitis by Raquel Sousa Almeida, Petra M. Pego, Maria João Pinto, João Matos Costa

“…Mediterranean spotted fever is a tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. It is transmitted by the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. …”
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Tick species, tick-borne pathogen distribution and risk factor analysis in border areas of China, Russia and North Korea by Pengfei Min, Jianchen Song, Shaowei Zhao, Zhen Ma, Yinbiao Meng, Zeyu Tang, Zhenyu Wang, Sicheng Lin, Fanglin Zhao, Meng Liu, Longsheng Wang, Lijun Jia, Lijun Jia

“…There were significant differences in the proportion of ticks infected with Rickettsia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, and Babesia among regions, species, sexes, and environments. …”
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The presence of disease in growing spiny lobster Panulirus spp. in floating net cages at Tanjung Putus Island, Lampung by Sukenda, Mira Lastriliah, Widanarni Widanarni, Irzal Effendi, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…Hasil pengamatan histopatologi terdapat perubahan mikroanatomi patologi pada jaringan hepatopankreas lobster menunjukkan bahwa adanya perubahan jaringan berupa enkapsulasi dan infiltrasi karena adanya infeksi Rickettsia-like bacteria (RLB). Pengelolaan kepadatan penebaran lobster, biosekuritas pemeliharaan, dan peningkatan imunitas lobster harus ditingkatkan untuk mencegah penyakit MHD-SL di KJA.   …”
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Murine Typhus: An Important Consideration for the Nonspecific Febrile Illness by Gurjot Basra, Megan A. Berman, Lucas S. Blanton

“…Murine typhus is a widely distributed flea-borne infection caused by Rickettsia typhi. Symptoms of murine typhus are nonspecific and mimic a variety of other infectious diseases. …”
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Bilateral Sensorineural Deafness in a Young Pregnant Female Presenting with a Fever: A Rare Complication of a Reemerging Disease—Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses by A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, D. R. Palangasinghe, C. L. Fonseka, P. U. T. De Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, N. J. Dahanayaka

“…We present a young pregnant female who developed bilateral sensorineural deafness on the fifth day of an acute febrile illness with a maculopapular rash. Rickettsia conorii IgG (>1/450) became highly positive, and she received oral azithromycin for ten days with complete resolution of fever and rash. …”
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Rare Neurological Manifestations of Scrub Typhus: Case Series from a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala, India by NR Salini, T Sreena Sreekumar, Sudharmma Ramakrishnan, S Srikantan, Jacob Antony

“…Scrub Typhus is caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a rickettsia transmitted through the bites of infected chigger larvae. …”
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An Atypical Case of Rickettsial Spotted Fever Myocarditis Mimicking Weil’s Disease by N. D. B. Ehelepola, G. D. N. R. Kumara, S. A. C. S. Sapurugala, W. M. N. P. Buddhadasa, Wasantha P. Dissanayake

“…Serological tests, performed later, diagnosed him with a Rickettsia conorii infection and excluded dengue, leptospirosis, and hantavirus infections. …”
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Historical Spatial Distribution of Zoonotic Diseases in Domestic, Synanthropic, and Wild Animals in the Mexican Territory of the Yucatan Peninsula by Paulina Haro, Enrique Trasviña-Muñoz, Irving May-Concha, Gilberto López-Valencia, Francisco Monge-Navarro, Carloman Herrera-Ramírez, Julio A. Mercado-Rodríguez, Hernán Villanueva-Alonzo, Etienne Waleckx

“…The territory harbors a wide variety of tropical zoonotic pathogens, including Trypanosoma cruzi, Leptospira interrogans, Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania mexicana, Dirofilaria immitis, and Rickettsia felis. A variety of domestic, synanthropic, and wild animals act as hosts or reservoirs in the transmission cycle of the zoonotic diseases in the Yucatan Peninsula, and some spillover into human populations has also been recorded. …”
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Review of the aetiologies of central nervous system infections in Vietnam by Hannah E. Brindle, Hannah E. Brindle, Marc Choisy, Marc Choisy, Robert Christley, Neil French, Michael Griffiths, Pham Quang Thai, H. Rogier van Doorn, H. Rogier van Doorn, Behzad Nadjm, Behzad Nadjm

“…We also discuss pathogens less commonly known to cause CNS infections in Vietnam but have been detected in neighbouring countries such as Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi and Leptospira species and how these may contribute to the unknown causes in Vietnam. …”
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Development of an sRNA-mediated conditional knockdown system for Chlamydia trachomatis by Janina Ehses, Kevin Wang, Asha Densi, Cuper Ramirez, Ming Tan, Christine Sütterlin

“…It also has the potential to be applied to other obligate intracellular bacteria, including Rickettsia and Coxiella.…”
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Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts by Ke Huang, Patrick John Kelly, Jilei Zhang, Yi Yang, Weiguo Liu, Anwar Kalalah, Chengming Wang

“…The pan-Bartonella FRET-qPCR did not detect negative controls (Brucella spp., Anaplasma spp., Rickettsia spp., Coxiella burnetii, and Wolbachia) but reliably detected as few as two copies of the positive control (Bartonella henselae) per reaction. …”
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Seropositivity to tick-borne pathogens in nature management workers in the Netherlands by B.J.A. Hoeve-Bakker, G. Çelik, O.E. van den Berg, C.C. van den Wijngaard, A. Hofhuis, J.H.J. Reimerink, S.F.T. Thijsen, K. Kerkhof

“…This study assessed nature management workers’ seropositivity to TBPs including Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia divergens, B. microti, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Rickettsia conorii and R. typhi in the Netherlands. …”
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Correlation Between Inflammatory Markers and Pathogenic Bacteria in Children&rsquo;s Winter Respiratory Infections in Xinjiang by Wang L, Wang W, Wang J, Zhu L, Luo J

“…Using Indirect Immunofluorescence Antibody test(IFA), blood routine, C-reactive Protein (CRP), and High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein(hsCRP), we detected nine respiratory pathogens (Respiratory syncytial virus; Influenza A virus; Influenza B virus; Parainfluenza virus; Adenovirus; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Legionella pneumophila type 1; Rickettsia Q) in all patients and analyzed their distribution and correlation. …”
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