Description of the First Reported Human Case of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Urban Bangkok

Sangkasuwan, Vichai; Chatyingmongkol, Thongchai; Sukwit, Suchitra; Eamsila, Chirapa; Chuenchitra, Thippawan; Rodkvamtook, Wuttikorn; Jiang, Ju; Richards, Allen L.; Lerdthusnee, Kriangkrai; Jones, James W.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.891

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“…In Thailand, SFG Rickettsia were detected in ticks 3 , 4 , 6 and were associated with human disease. 7 – 10 We found SFG seroprevalence (0.8%) lower than that from a previous study (8.2–33%), 26 , 27 but those studies used different assays (indirect immunoperoxidase test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). The clinical characteristics of SFG-infected patients are generally nonspecific.…”

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Sennetsu Neorickettsiosis, Spotted Fever Group, and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Three Provinces in Thailand

Bhengsri

Baggett

Edouard

et al. 2016

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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We estimated the seroprevalence and determined the frequency of acute infections with Neorickettsia sennetsu, spotted fever group rickettsiae, Rickettsia typhi, and Orientia tsutsugamushi among 2,225 febrile patients presenting to community hospitals in three rural Thailand provinces during 2002–2005. The seroprevalence was 0.2% for sennetsu neorickettsiosis (SN), 0.8% for spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae, 4.2% for murine typhus (MT), and 4.2% for scrub typhus (ST). The frequency of acute infections was 0.1% for SN, 0.6% for SFG, 2.2% for MT, and 1.5% for ST. Additional studies to confirm the distribution of these pathogens and to identify animal reservoirs and transmission cycles are needed to understand the risk of infection.

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Sennetsu Neorickettsiosis, Spotted Fever Group, and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Three Provinces in Thailand

Bhengsri

Baggett

Edouard

et al. 2016

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Despite the high risk to human health posed by ticks and pathogen transmission in Germany e.g., [43,[80][81][82][83] and Thailand e.g., [45,49,51,53,84,85], the preventive measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [86] are still infrequently adopted by young the respondents. The high acceptance of personal protection methods expressed by the Polish students (only 7.1% do not comply with the principles of tick prophylaxis) may be associated with the extensive information campaigns on ticks and the effects of their parasitism that has been carried out in public and commercial television stations and in electronic media in Poland for several years.…”

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Tick Preventive Behaviors and Practices Adopted by Medical Students from Poland, Germany, and Thailand in Relation to Socio-Demographic Conditions and Their Knowledge of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

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Pilch

Buczek

2020

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Given the high medical importance of ticks, we analyzed the most common preventive behaviors and practices adopted by medical students from Poland, Germany, and Thailand, and the level of their knowledge of ticks and tick-borne diseases. A survey consisting of 19 questions was conducted among 636 randomly selected students. The study showed that the Polish and German students preferred inspection of the body on their return home (86.9% and 63.5%, respectively) and wearing protective clothes (79.8% and 32.3%, respectively) as part of prophylaxis. The Thai students most often chose wearing protective clothes (54.7%) and preventive behavior in tick habitats (42.7%). Approximately 7% of the Polish medical students and as many as 22% of the German and Thai respondents did not use any means of prevention. Our analyses suggest that the use of preventive methods and respondents’ behaviors depend on socio-demographic factors and the level of health education. The insufficient practical implementation of tick prevention measures by the medical students suggests a need for verification of health education programs in schools as well as effective popularization and educational activities. It is also necessary to develop a public health protection strategy against the effects of tick bites.

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“…This discovery significantly enlarged the geographical distribution of this pathogenic rickettsia. The first molecularly confirmed case in Thailand was reported in 2005 (428); however, many serologically verified spotted fever cases have been reported in Thailand (429). Recently, a severe case of tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by R. honei was reported in Nepal (430).…”

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Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

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SUMMARY 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.

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Description of the First Reported Human Case of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Urban Bangkok

Abstract: Described herein is the clinical presentation of a patient from Bangkok, with fever, petechial rash, history of a tick bite, and a diagnosis of spotted fever rickettsiosis.

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Sennetsu Neorickettsiosis, Spotted Fever Group, and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Three Provinces in Thailand

Sennetsu Neorickettsiosis, Spotted Fever Group, and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Three Provinces in Thailand

Tick Preventive Behaviors and Practices Adopted by Medical Students from Poland, Germany, and Thailand in Relation to Socio-Demographic Conditions and Their Knowledge of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

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