J 2018

Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

TOMASSONE, Laura, Aranzazu PORTILLO, Markéta NOVÁKOVÁ, Rita de SOUSA, Jose Antonio OTEO et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Neglected aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses

Authors

TOMASSONE, Laura (380 Italy, guarantor), Aranzazu PORTILLO (724 Spain), Markéta NOVÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Rita de SOUSA (620 Portugal) and Jose Antonio OTEO (724 Spain)

Edition

PARASITES & VECTORS, LONDON, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2018, 1756-3305

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30309 Tropical medicine

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.031

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/18:00104106

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

UT WoS

000430819700003

Keywords in English

Rickettsia spp.; Ticks; Vertebrate hosts; Candidatus; Epidemiology

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 10/2/2019 16:31, Soňa Böhmová

Abstract

V originále

Rickettsioses are among the oldest known infectious diseases. In spite of this, and of the extensive research carried out, many aspects of the biology and epidemiology of tick-borne rickettsiae are far from being completely understood. Their association with arthropod vectors, the importance of vertebrates as reservoirs, the rarity of clinical signs in animals, or the interactions of pathogenic species with rickettsial endosymbionts and with the host intracellular environment, are only some examples. Moreover, new rickettsiae are continuously being discovered. In this review, we focus on the 'neglected' aspects of tick-borne rickettsioses and on the gaps in knowledge, which could help to explain why these infections are still emerging and re-emerging threats worldwide.