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| Marina E EremeevaSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Fatal Israeli spotted fever in a UK traveler to South PortugalJoshua T Y Chai
Department of Medicine, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
J Travel Med 15:122-3. 2008..She subsequently died, and polymerase chain reaction of a blood sample was positive for Rickettsia conorii ssp israeliensis. The prevalence of severe forms of this illness in the Mediterranean Basin is discussed...
Rickettsia typhi and R. felis in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), Oahu, HawaiiMarina E Eremeeva
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1613-5. 2008..8%) DNA were detected in rat fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) collected from mice on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The low prevalence of R. typhi on Oahu suggests that R. felis may be a more common cause of rickettsiosis than R. typhi in Hawaii...
Molecular typing of novel Rickettsia rickettsii isolates from ArizonaMarina E Eremeeva
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078:573-7. 2006..Two of the twelve VNTRs had differences in the number of repeat sequences in isolates from Arizona compared to those from Montana, thus conferring the novelty of the Rh. sanguineus-associated R. rickettsii...
Short report: New spotted fever group Rickettsia in a Rhipicephalus turanicus tick removed from a child in eastern Sicily, ItalyMarina E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:99-101. 2011..Further detection and identification of this SFGR during entomological and clinical surveys will be required to establish the prevalence of this Rickettsia and its potential pathogenicity for humans...
Isolation and identification of Rickettsia massiliae from Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks collected in ArizonaMarina E Eremeeva
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:5569-77. 2006..Whether R. massiliae AZT80 is pathogenic or infectious for dogs and humans or can cause seroconversion to spotted fever group antigens in the United States is unknown...
Closing the gaps between genotype and phenotype in Rickettsia rickettsiiMarina E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1166:12-26. 2009..Characterization of the physiologically important changes in rickettsial gene expression that occur immediately after tick-to-human or tick-to-animal transitions may require development of new experimental systems...
New perspectives on rickettsial evolution from new genome sequences of rickettsia, particularly R. canadensis, and Orientia tsutsugamushiMarina E Eremeeva
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1063:47-63. 2005..Orientia shares the important ATP/ADP translocase and proline-betaine transporter multigene families with Rickettsia, but has more gene families that may be involved in regulatory and transporter responses to environmental stimuli...
Detection and identification of bacterial agents in Ixodes persulcatus Schulze ticks from the north western region of RussiaMarina E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 7:426-36. 2007..Since I. persulcatus is so commonly infected with multiple agents that may cause human diseases, exposure to these ticks poses significant risk to human health in this region...
Rickettsia rickettsii in Rhipicephalus ticks, Mexicali, MexicoMarina E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 48:418-21. 2011..Rhipicephalus ticks in Mexicali are genetically different from Rh. sanguineus found in the United States...
Spotted fever rickettsiae, Ehrlichia and Anaplasma, in ticks from peridomestic environments in PanamaM E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Microbiol Infect 15:12-4. 2009
Genetic analysis of isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii that differ in virulenceMarina E Eremeeva
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:717-22. 2003..rickettsii, DNA sequence analysis was performed on a portion of a 2,672 bp region spanning the 3'-end of polA to the 5'-end of dnaE. Except for Hlp#2 strain these isolates were highly conserved in the regions sequenced...
Rickettsia rickettsii infection in the pine vole, Microtus pinetorum: kinetics of infection and quantitation of antioxidant enzyme gene expression by RT-PCRMarina E Eremeeva
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:468-73. 2003..rickettsii. Our results provide the first experimental evidence that R. rickettsii causes alteration(s) of the anti-oxidant system in vivo...
Prevalence of bacterial agents in Ixodes persulcatus ticks from the Vologda Province of RussiaMarina E Eremeeva
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Mail Stop G 13, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078:291-8. 2006..persulcatus in Russia. Ehrlichiae and rickettsiae frequently share the same tick host with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato so cotransmission and mixed infections in vertebrate hosts, including humans, may occur...
Isolation and characterization of Bartonella bacilliformis from an expatriate EcuadorianShari L Lydy
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Mail Stop G 13, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:627-37. 2008..bacilliformis was not thought to be endemic. This study suggests that the range of B. bacilliformis may be expanding from areas of endemicity in Ecuador and that infection may present as atypical clinical disease...
Rocky Mountain spotted fever from an unexpected tick vector in ArizonaLinda J Demma
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 353:587-94. 2005..This disease is rarely reported in Arizona, and the principal vectors, Dermacentor species ticks, are uncommon in the state. From 2002 through 2004, a focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was investigated in rural eastern Arizona...
Molecular typing of isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii by use of DNA sequencing of variable intergenic regionsSandor E Karpathy
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 45:2545-53. 2007..The few apparent typing discrepancies found suggest that the molecular ecology of R. rickettsii needs more investigation...
A focus of dogs and Rickettsia massiliae-infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus in CaliforniaEmily Beeler
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:244-9. 2011..massiliae as the most likely spotted fever group rickettsiae responsible for seropositivity. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of R. massiliae in ticks in California...
Isolation of Rickettsia akari from eschars of patients with rickettsialpoxChristopher D Paddock
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch and Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:732-8. 2006..This work emphasizes the importance and utility of culture-and molecular-based methods for the diagnosis of rickettsialpox and other eschar-associated illnesses...
Evaluation of a PCR assay for quantitation of Rickettsia rickettsii and closely related spotted fever group rickettsiaeMarina E Eremeeva
School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1559, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:5466-72. 2003....
Murine typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008Jennifer Adjemian
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:412-7. 2010..typhi. No evidence of R. typhi was detected in the whole blood, tissue, or arthropod specimens tested. These findings suggest that an R. typhi cycle involving opossums and domestic animals may be present in Austin...
Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionalsAlice S Chapman
National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 55:1-27. 2006....
Two pathogens and one disease: detection and identification of flea-borne Rickettsiae in areas endemic for murine typhus in CaliforniaMarina E Eremeeva
Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Vector Borne Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 49:1485-94. 2012..felis in the area studied; however, disease caused by this agent is not recognized by the medical community and may be misdiagnosed as murine typhus using nondiscriminatory serologic methods...
Urban focus of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis in Los Angeles, CaliforniaKyle F Abramowicz
National Center for Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Gerogia 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:979-84. 2011..3%, respectively. Although R. typhi still circulates in urban Los Angeles in the classic Oriental flea-rat cycle, R. felis is more prevalent, even in this association...
Detection of Rickettsia, Borrelia, and Bartonella in Carios kelleyi (Acari: Argasidae)Amanda D Loftis
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 42:473-80. 2005..turicatae, was detected in one of 31 live ticks. The 16S-23S intergenic spacer region of Bartonella henselae also was detected in one of 31 live ticks. Coxiella or A. phagocytophilum DNA were not detected in these ticks...
Detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Dermacentor species from southern CaliforniaMary E Wikswo
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 45:509-16. 2008..Because neither D. variabilis nor R. rickettsii were abundant, 364D should be evaluated further as a potential cause of human SFG rickettsioses in southern California...
Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis and its clinical distinction from Rocky Mountain spotted feverChristopher D Paddock
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Mailstop G 32, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 47:1188-96. 2008..parkeri and comment on distinctions between R. parkeri rickettsiosis and other United States rickettsioses...
New approaches to detection and identification of Rickettsia africae and Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from the CaribbeanJennilee B Robinson
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 46:942-51. 2009..The continued presence of Am. variegatum in the Caribbean poses a significant risk of infection in cattle with E. ruminantium and in humans by R. africae. Eradication efforts are essential to prevent the further spread of Am. variegatum...
Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly caused by a newly recognized bartonella speciesMarina E Eremeeva
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2381-7. 2007..We characterized this isolate, including its ability to cause fever and sustained bacteremia in a rhesus macaque. The route of infection and burden of human disease associated with this newly described pathogen are currently unknown...
Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii and Bartonella henselae in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks from CaliforniaMary Elizabeth Wikswo
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Med Entomol 44:158-62. 2007..sanguineus. Rh. sanguineus also may be infected with Bartonella henselae, a human pathogen that is typically associated with fleas and causes cat scratch disease...
Investigation of an outbreak of rickettsial febrile illness in Guatemala, 2007Marina E Eremeeva
Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Int J Infect Dis 17:e304-11. 2013..We identified 17 cases of an acute febrile illness, among which 10, including two fatalities, were confirmed or probable cases of rickettsial disease (case-fatality proportion 12%)...
On Rickettsia nomenclatureRobert F Massung
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mailstop G13, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:511. 2008
Rickettsialpox in New York City: a persistent urban zoonosisChristopher D Paddock
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 990:36-44. 2003....
Q fever in an American tourist returned from AustraliaNicole J Cohen
Chicago Department of Public Health, 2160 W Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 5:194-5. 2007..This case serves as a reminder to clinicians to consider Q fever in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness in travelers returning from endemic areas...
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, PanamaDora Estripeaut
Hospital del Nino, Panama City, Panama
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1763-5. 2007..Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America...
Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection, IsraelMiriam Weinberger
Infectious Diseases Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
Emerg Infect Dis 14:821-4. 2008..israelensis in a traveler returning to Israel from India...
Fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and sequencing methods on fixed tissuesTatiana Rozental
Lab de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Depto Virologia, Pav Rocha Lima 5 andar, Fiocruz Av Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil CEP 21045 900
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078:257-9. 2006..The authors describe the first characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii in a fatal case occurring in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil...
