An overview of rickettsiae in Southeast Asia: Vector-animal-human interface
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Abstract
Rickettsioses are emerging, and re-emerging diseases caused by obligate intracellular arthropod-borne bacteria that infect humans and animals worldwide. Various rickettsiae such as Orientia, Rickettsia, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia have been circulated in companion, domesticated and wild animals through bites of infected ticks, fleas, lice or mites. This review summarizes the infections of rickettsiae, including the newly discovered regional species Rickettsia thailandii, Candidatus Rickettsia sepangensis, Candidatus Rickettsia johorensis, Candidatus Rickettsia laoensis, Candidatus Rickettsia mahosotii, Candidatus Rickettsia khammouanensis, Candidatus Anaplasma pangolinii, and other novel genotypes in vectors, humans and animals in Southeast Asia. Issues on some unidentified rickettsiae that elicit immune responses and production of antibodies that are cross-reactive with the antigens used are discussed. Knowledge gaps which required attention are also identified in this review.
Keywords
Infectious diseases, Tropical, Vector-borne, Zoonosis, Rickettsia, Anaplasmataceae, Scrub typhus, Spotted fever, Typhus fever
Divisions
fac_med,Parasit,tidrec
Publication Title
Acta Tropica
Volume
202
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher Location
RADARWEG 29a, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS