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Rickettsia Infections

Known as: rickettsial disease, Rickettsiosis, Infection, Rickettsia 
A group of infectious diseases that is caused by Rickettsia.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Arthropod-borne disease, unspecifiedBacterial Infections

Narrower (8)

Bartonella InfectionsEhrlichiosisNorth Asian tick feverQ Fever
ChloramphenicolChloramphenicol sodium succinateDoxycyclineDoxycycline Calcium

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Scrub typhus in children: Jammu experience.
The present retrospective study describes clinical profile of the children hospitalized in SMGS hospital with Scrub Typhus… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Intralesional expression of mRNA of interferon- gamma , tumor necrosis factor- alpha , interleukin-10, nitric oxide synthase, indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase, and RANTES is a major immune effector in…
BACKGROUND The mechanisms of immunity to Rickettsia conorii that have been elucidated in mouse models have not been evaluated in… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Rickettsia Infection in Natural Leech Populations
Field-collected specimens of glossiphoniid leeches, Torix tagoi, Torix tukubana, Hemiclepsis marginata, and Hemiclepsis japonica… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Doxycycline use for rickettsial disease in pediatric patients.
BACKGROUND Recent evidence suggests that despite potential side effects, doxycycline should be considered the drug of choice for… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mechanisms of Intracellular Killing of Rickettsia conorii in Infected Human Endothelial Cells, Hepatocytes, and Macrophages
ABSTRACT The mechanism of killing of obligately intracellularRickettsia conorii within human target cells, mainly endothelium and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Epidemiological aspects of the Brazilian spotted fever: seasonal activity of ticks collected in an endemic area in São Paulo, Brazil.
Ticks were collected from vegetation and animals at monthly intervals during one year (1993-1994) in an endemic area of Brazilian… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Immunisation of sheep against heartwater with inactivated Cowdria ruminantium.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Rickettsia australis infection: a murine model of a highly invasive vasculopathic rickettsiosis.
A mouse model of spotted fever group rickettsiosis, in which disease results from disseminated rickettsial infection of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Antigenic relationships among the rickettsiae of the spotted fever and typhus groups.
Using immunoblots to analyze antigenic relationships among the pathogenic spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae, I found… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The pathology of fatal Mediterranean spotted fever.
A 77-year-old woman from rural Spain had a febrile summertime disease develop with rash, eschar, and pulmonary, abdominal, and… 
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