1.
Helgren
TR, Chen C, Wangtrakuldee P, Edwards TE, Staker BL, Abendroth J,
Sankaran B, Housley NA, Myler PJ, Audia JP, Horn JR, Hagen TJ.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2016 Nov 10. pii: S0968-0896(16)31158-0. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.11.013. [Epub ahead of print]
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- 28089350
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Dzelalija B, Punda-Polic V, Medic A, Dobec M.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016 Sep - Oct;14(5):436-443. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.06.010. Review.
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Angelakis E, Bechah Y, Raoult D.
Microbiol Spectr. 2016 Aug;4(4). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PoH-0010-2015.
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Papp S, Rauch J, Kuehl S, Richardt U, Keller C, Osterloh A.
Med Microbiol Immunol. 2017 Feb;206(1):41-51. doi: 10.1007/s00430-016-0480-z.
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- 27696011
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Abeykoon AH, Noinaj N, Choi BE, Wise L, He Y, Chao CC, Wang G, Gucek M, Ching WM, Chock PB, Buchanan SK, Yang DC.
J Biol Chem. 2016 Sep 16;291(38):19962-74. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.723460.
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- 27474738
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Schroeder CL, Narra HP, Sahni A, Rojas M, Khanipov K, Patel J, Shah R, Fofanov Y, Sahni SK.
Front Microbiol. 2016 Jun 8;7:859. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00859.
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- 27375581
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Hanaoka N, Matsutani M, Satoh M, Ogawa M, Shirai M, Ando S.
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- 27357983
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Benvenga S, Guarneri F.
Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2016 Jun 15. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
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- 27307072
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Leibler JH, Zakhour CM, Gadhoke P, Gaeta JM.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Jul;16(7):435-44. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1863.
INTRODUCTION: In high-income countries, homeless individuals in urban areas often live in crowded conditions with limited sanitation and personal hygiene. The environment of homelessness in high-income countries may result in intensified exposure to ectoparasites and urban wildlife, which can transmit infections. To date, there have been no systematic evaluations of the published literature to assess vector-borne and zoonotic disease risk to these populations. OBJECTIVES: The primary objectives of this study were to identify diversity, prevalence, and risk factors for vector-borne and zoonotic infections among people experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty in urban areas of high-income countries. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review and narrative synthesis of published epidemiologic studies of zoonotic and vector-borne infections among urban homeless and very poor people in the United States and Europe from 1990 to 2014. RESULTS: Thirty-one observational studies and 14 case studies were identified (n = 45). Seroprevalence to the human louse-borne pathogen Bartonella quintana (seroprevalence range: 0-37.5%) was identified most frequently, with clinical disease specifically observed among HIV-positive individuals. Seropositivity to Bartonella henselae (range: 0-10.3%) and Rickettsia akari (range: 0-16.2%) was noted in multiple studies. Serological evidence of exposure to Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella elizabethae, West Nile virus, Borellia recurrentis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Wohlfartiimonas chitiniclastica, Seoul hantavirus (SEOV), and Leptospira species was also identified in published studies, with SEOV associated with chronic renal disease later in life. HIV infection, injection drug use, and heavy drinking were noted across multiple studies as risk factors for infection with vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens. CONCLUSIONS: B. quintana was the most frequently reported vector-borne infection identified in our article. Delousing efforts and active surveillance among HIV-positive individuals, who are at elevated risk of complication from B. quintana infection, are advised to reduce morbidity. Given documented exposure to rodent-borne zoonoses among urban homeless and marginalized people, reducing human contact with rodents remains an important public health priority.
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Faccini-Martínez ÁA, Botero-García CA, Hidalgo M.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2016;58:33. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658033.
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- 27074327
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Driskell LO, Tucker AM, Woodard A, Wood RR, Wood DO.
PLoS One. 2016 Mar 24;11(3):e0152365. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152365.
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- 27010457
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Schroeder CL, Narra HP, Rojas M, Sahni A, Patel J, Khanipov K, Wood TG, Fofanov Y, Sahni SK.
BMC Genomics. 2015 Dec 18;16:1075. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-2293-7.
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Tarasevich IV, Shpynov SN, Pantyukhina AN.
Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2015 Jul-Aug;(4):118-24. Review. Russian.
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- 26470431
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Drali R, Shako JC, Davoust B, Diatta G, Raoult D.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Nov;93(5):990-3. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0686.
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- 26392158
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Portillo A, Santibáñez S, García-Álvarez L, Palomar AM, Oteo JA.
Microbes Infect. 2015 Nov-Dec;17(11-12):834-8. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.09.009. Review.
Bacteria of the genera Rickettsia
and Orientia (family rickettsiaceae, order rickettsiales) cause
rickettsioses worldwide, and are transmitted by lice, fleas, ticks and
mites. In Europe, only Rickettsia
spp. cause rickettsioses. With improvement of hygiene, the risk of
louse-borne rickettsiosis (epidemic typhus) is low in Europe.
Nevertheless, recrudescent form of Rickettsia prowazekii
infection persists. There could be an epidemic typhus outbreak if a
body lice epidemic occurs under unfavorable sanitary conditions. In
Europe, endemic typhus or Rickettsia
typhi infection, transmitted by rats and fleas, causes febrile illness.
At the beginning of this century, flea-borne spotted fever cases caused
by Rickettsia
felis were diagnosed. Flea-borne rickettsiosis should be suspected after
flea bites if fever, with or without rash, is developed. Tick-borne
rickettsioses are the main source of rickettsia infections in Europe. Apart from Rickettsia conorii, the Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) agent, other Rickettsia spp. cause MSF-like: Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia massiliae or Rickettsia aeschlimannii. In the 1990s, two 'new' rickettsioses were diagnosed: Lymphangitis Associated Rickettsiosis (LAR) caused by Rickettsia
sibirica mongolitimonae, and Tick-Borne
Lymphadenopathy/Dermacentor-Borne-Necrosis-Erythema-Lymphadenopathy/Scalp
Eschar Neck Lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA/DEBONEL/SENLAT), caused by Rickettsia slovaca, Candidatus Rickettsia rioja and Rickettsia raoultii. Lastly, European reports about mite-borne rickettsiosis are scarce.
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Rennoll-Bankert KE, Rahman MS, Gillespie JJ, Guillotte ML, Kaur SJ, Lehman SS, Beier-Sexton M, Azad AF.
PLoS Pathog. 2015 Aug 20;11(8):e1005115. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005115.
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- 26291822
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Martijn J, Schulz F, Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka K, Viklund J, Stepanauskas R, Andersson SG, Horn M, Guy L, Ettema TJ.
ISME J. 2015 Nov;9(11):2373-85. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.46.
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- 25848874
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Coulaud PJ, Lepolard C, Bechah Y, Berenger JM, Raoult D, Ghigo E.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2015 Jan 30;4:183. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00183.
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Folly-Klan M, Sancerne B, Alix E, Roy CR, Cherfils J, Campanacci V.
J Struct Biol. 2015 Feb;189(2):98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.12.001.
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Flamm H.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2015 Apr;165(7-8):152-63. doi: 10.1007/s10354-014-0332-7. German.
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- 25448128
