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Scolarici M, Kuehler D, Osborn R, Doyle A, Schiffman E, Garvin A, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2025 Mar; 31(3):587-590. PMID: 40023815
Tickborne infections are challenging to diagnose, particularly among solid organ transplant recipients. We report a US case of donor-derived ehrlichiosis from a living kidney donation that highlights how screening for...
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Backus L, Rubino F, Lopez-Perez A, Zazueta O, Borboa J, Quintana A, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2025 Feb; PMID: 39965213
A Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) epidemic has spread through the state of Baja California, Mexico over the last decade and a half, beginning in Mexicali, and subsequently to Tijuana...
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Foley J, Lopez-Perez A, Alvarez-Hernandez G, Labruna M, Angerami R, Zazueta O, et al.
Am J Vet Res . 2025 Feb; 86(3). PMID: 39904050
RMSF, a tickborne infection caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, produces severe and fatal disease in humans and dogs. Since the beginning of the 21st century, cases have risen dramatically, most notably...
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Allerdice M, Shooter S, Galletti M, Hecht J, Karpathy S, Paddock C
Microbiol Spectr . 2025 Jan; 13(2):e0174324. PMID: 39817787
Mycoplasma (Class: Mollicutes) contamination in cell cultures is a universal concern for research laboratories. Some estimates report contamination in up to 35% of continuous cell lines. Various commercial antibiotic treatments...
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Mai V, Boria R, Padgett K, Koo M, Saunders M, Billeter S, et al.
J Med Entomol . 2024 Dec; PMID: 39688497
Pacific Coast tick fever is a recently described zoonotic disease in California caused by a spotted fever group rickettsia, Rickettsia rickettsii subsp. californica (formerly Rickettsia 364D) and transmitted by the...
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Kjemtrup A, Hacker J, Monroe M, Williams V, Lines C, Lopez K, et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 2024 Nov; 73(47):1069-1075. PMID: 39602374
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tickborne disease endemic in areas of the Americas. Persistent high incidence of the disease exists in northern Mexico, perpetuated by local populations of...
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Lynn G, Ludwig T, Allerdice M, Paddock C, Grisham B, Lenhart P, et al.
Sci Rep . 2024 Nov; 14(1):28175. PMID: 39548162
Amblyomma maculatum sensu lato (s.l.) is an ixodid tick found in the semi-arid southwestern United States and northern Mexico where it is a parasite of medical and veterinary significance, including...
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Brophy M, Weis E, Drexler N, Paddock C, Nicholson W, Kersh G, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; 30(11):2231-2240. PMID: 39447135
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a severe tickborne disease that can reach epidemic proportions in communities with certain social and ecologic risk factors. In some areas, the case-fatality rate...
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Paddock C, Karpathy S, Henry A, Ryle L, Hecht J, Hacker J, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39432903
The etiologic agent of Pacific Coast tick fever (PCTF), a moderately severe tickborne illness that resembles Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), was first isolated in 1966 from specimens of Dermacentor...
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Molaei G, Khalil N, Ramos C, Paddock C
Emerg Infect Dis . 2024 Sep; 30(10):2208-2211. PMID: 39320216
We document a case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in a patient in Connecticut, USA, who became ill after a bite from a Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum). We used PCR...