Abstract
Rickettsial infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are manifested by severe neurological symptoms and represent a serious life-threatening condition. Despite the considerable health danger, only a few studies have been conducted focusing on the pathogenesis induced by Rickettsia...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00034-16
ABSTRACT
Rickettsioses are emerging febrile diseases caused by obligate intracellular bacteria belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae. Rickettsia typhi belongs to the typhus group (TG) of this family and is the causative agent of endemic typhus...
Abstract
Background: Some investigators believe that a proportion of chronically unwell patients, many with fatigue, have an underlying rickettsial disease.
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of markers of rickettsial infection in patients with chronic illnesses.
Design: Observational study...
There was a little bit of discussion about this when people were tweeting about it from the conference but I'm watching the conference DVD now and this seems quite striking. I hope the biomedical brains here (such as @Jonathan Edwards!) might weigh in on how to think about it.
Davis reported...
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