Epidemiological Characteristics of Spotted Fever in Israel over 26 Years

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Japanese Spotted Fever and Scrub Typhus in Central Japan, 2004–2015

Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008.

Brazilian spotted fever is the most common rickettsiosis in Brazil, most prevalent in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais from 2000 to 2008. Of the 132 cases of Brazilian spotted fever, 53 patients died, representing a case-fatality rate of 40.2%. Males predominated, with 7...

Epidemiological Investigation of Bovine Ephemeral Fever Outbreaks in Israel

Outbreaks of bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) occurred in Israel in 1990, 1999, and 2004. The main patterns of BEF spread were similar in the 1990 and in 1999 epidemics, and the BEF virus was probably carried in vectors transported by air streams across the Rift Valley and the Red Sea. In the 2004 outbreak, the primary focus of the disease was the southern Mediterranean coastal plain and the diseas...

Mediterranean spotted fever: case series of 24 years (1989–2012)

PURPOSE Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is the most prevalent zoonosis in Portugal. To characterize it's evolution between 1989 and 2012, the authors reviewed the cases diagnosed at their unit during this period. METHODS Review of clinical records of patients with MSF diagnosis, between 1989 and 2012. RESULTS Data from 250 patients was included, 54% male. Mean age at diagnosis was 58 year...

Spotted Fever

Several methods for the experimental study of the rickettsial diseases have been applied to fièvre boutonneuse. An analysis of the results has indicated that fièvre boutonneuse is a variety of spotted fever and that the etiologic agent is a rickettsia which belongs to the genus Dermacentroxenus and to the species rickettsi (Wolbach (6)). The distinctive morphology of the organism and its charac...