Research Catalog

Title

Rickettsiology : present and future directions / edited by Karim E. Hechemy [and others].

Author

International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases (2002 : Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Publication

New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hechemy, Karim E.

Description

xx, 770 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 990

Uniform Title

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 990.

Subjects

• Rickettsia Infections
• Rickettsias > Congresses
• Rickettsia
• Rickettsial diseases > Congresses
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Result of a conference entitle: International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases, held on September 04-07, 2002 in Ljubljana, Slovenia"--P. 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Rickettsiology: Present and Future Directions: Preface / Karim E. Hechemy, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, James E. Childs and Didier A. Raoult -- Pathogenic Mechanisms of Diseases Caused by Rickettsia / David H. Walker, Gustavo A. Valbuena and Juan P. Olano -- Ecology and Epidemiology of Spotted Fever Group Rickettisiae and New Data from Their Study in Russia and Kazakhstan / N. V. Rudakov, S. N. Shpynov, I. E. Samoilenko and M. A. Tankibaev -- Scrub Typhus: Vector Competence of Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis Chiggers and Transmission Efficacy and Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi / K. Lerdthusnee, B. Khuntirat, W. Leepitakrat, P. Tanskul, T. Monkanna, N. Khlaimanee, I. Inlao, A. Kengluecha, S. Mungviriya, K. Chandranoi, P. Krairojananan, D. Bodhidatta, W. Rodkwamthook, D. Phulsuksombati, N. Sangjun, P. Watcharapichat, J. W. Jones and R. E. Coleman -- Rickettsialpox in New York City: A Persistent Urban Zoonosis / Christopher D. Paddock, Sherif R. Zaki, Tamara Koss, Joseph Singleton, Jr., John W. Sumner, James A. Comer, Marina E. Eremeeva, Gregory A. Dasch, Bryan Cherry and James E. Childs -- Ehrlichiae and Ehrlichial Diseases in China / Bohai Wen, Wuchun Cao and Hua Pan -- Isolation and Characterization of a New Rickettsia from Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected in Slovakia / Z. Sekeyova, E. Kovacova, P. E. Fournier and D. Raoult -- Rickettsiosis of the Genus Rickettsia in South America / Marcio A. M. Galvao, Claudio L. Mafra, Cecilia Moron, Elizabeth Anaya and David H. Walker -- Rickettsia honei: A Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia on Three Continents / Stephen Graves and John Stenos -- Ultrastructural and Genetic Evidence of a Reptilian Tick, Aponomma hydrosauri, as a Host of Rickettsia honei in Australia: Possible Transovarial Transmission / Ted Whitworth, Vsevolod Popov, Violet Han, Donald Bouyer, John Stenos, Stephen Graves, Lucy Ndip and David Walker -- Transmission Efficiency of the AP-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophila / Robert F. Massung, Thomas N. Mather, Rachael A. Priestley and Michael L. Levin -- National Surveillance for the Human Ehrlichioses in the United States, 1997-2001, and Proposed Methods for Evaluation of Data Quality / Stacy L. Gardner, Robert C. Holman, John W. Krebs, Ruth Berkelman and James E. Childs -- Serologic Evidence for a Novel Ehrlichia Species in Woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USA / William L. Nicholson, Daniel J. Kuhar, Jan G. Humphreys and James E. Childs -- Investigation of Anaplasma phagocytophila Infections in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks in Austria / Wolfdieter Sixl, Miroslav Petrovec, Egon Marth, Gilda Wust, Doris Stunzner, Richard Schweiger and Tatiana Avsic-Zupanc -- A Survey on Anaplasma phagocytophila in Wild Small Mammals and Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Northern Spain / Beatriz Oporto, Horacio Gil, Marta Barral, Ana Hurtado, Ramon A. Juste and Ana L. Garcia-Perez -- Infections of Wild Animals with Anaplasma phagocytophila in Austria and the Czech Republic / Miroslav Petrovec, Wolfdieter Sixl, Richard Schweiger, Stanislav Mikulasek, Lebeth Elke, Gilda Wust, Egon Marth, Katja Strasek, Doris Stunzner and Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc -- Ehrlichia-like Organism Gene Found in Small Mammals in the Suburban District of Guangzhou of China / Hua Pan, Shizhong Liu, Yuhai Ma, Shide Tong and Yang Sun -- Domestic Animals as Indicators of Anaplasma Species Infections in Northern Albania / Miroslav Petrovec, Wolfdieter Sixl, Egon Marth, Nevila Bushati and Gilda Wust -- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Germany: Evidence from Serological Studies, Tick Analyses, and a Case of Equine Ehrlichiosis / Friederike D. von Loewenich, Gerald Stumpf, Birgit U. Baumgarten, Martin Rollinghoff, J. Stephen Dumler and Christian Bogdan -- Molecular Epidemiological Study for Tick-Borne Disease (Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp.) Surveillance at Selected U.S. Military Training Sites/Installations in Korea / Joon-seok Chae, Chul-min Kim, Eua-ha Kim, Eun-jeong Hur, Terry A. Klein, Tae-kyu Kang, Hee-choon Lee and Jin-won Song -- Ehrlichiosis and Rickettsiosis in a Canine Population of Northern Sardinia / R. Cocco, G. Sanna, M. G. Cillara, S. Tola, L. Ximenes, M. L. Pinnaparpaglia and G. Masala -- Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi Genotypes in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania / Joshua W. Courtney, Richard L. Dryden, Paul Wyleto, Bradley S. Schneider and Robert F. Massung -- Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii: A New Ehrlichia Detected in Ixodes ricinus Tick Collected from Asymptomatic Humans in Northern Italy / P. Brouqui, Y. O. Sanogo, G. Caruso, F. Merola and D. Raoult -- Which Spotted Fever Rickettsia Are Present in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Spain? / Francisco J. Marquez, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose A. Oteo and Miguel A. Muniain -- Demographic and Epidemiologic Features of Mediterranean Spotted Fever Cases in the Region of Split, Croatia / Volga Punda-Polic, Zorana Klismanic, Vesna Capkun and Nikola Bradaric -- A Follow-up Study on Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected in Southern Croatia / Darja Duh, Miroslav Petrovec, Tomi Trilar, Volga Punda-Polic, Nikola Bradaric, Zorana Klismanic and Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc -- Isolation of a Rickettsia Related to Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from a Patient in Chad / Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Bernard Xeridat and Didier Raoult -- Detection of Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from Ticks in Kosovo / Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Jean-Paul Durand, Jean-Marc Rolain, Jean-Louis Camicas, Herve Tolou and Didier Raoult -- "Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae" in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks Collected in Russia / Stanislav Shpynov, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Nikolay Rudakov and Didier Raoult -- Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Fleas from the Thai-Myanmar Border / P. Parola, Y. O. Sanogo, K. Lerdthusnee, Z. Zeaiter, G. Chauvancy, J. P. Gonzalez, R. S. Miller, S. R. Telford III, C. Wongsrichanalai and D. Raoult -- Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Agents Detected in Ticks Removed from Asymptomatic Patients in Northeastern Italy / Y. O. Sanogo, P. Parola, S. Shpynov, J. L. Camicas, P. Brouqui, G. Caruso and D. Raoult -- Prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks Removed from Game Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Southern France / Y. O. Sanogo, B. Davoust, P. Parola, J. L. Camicas, P. Brouqui and D. Raoult -- Tick-Borne Microorganisms in Southwestern Slovakia / Eva Spitalska and Elena Kocianova -- Detection of Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Slovenia / Katarina Prosenc, M. Petrovec, T. Trilar, D. Duh and T. Avsic-Zupanc -- Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated from Wild-Caught Rodents and Chiggers in Northern Thailand / B. Khuntirat, K. Lerdthusnee, W. Leepitakrat, A. Kengluecha, K. Wongkalasin, T. Monkanna, S. Mungviriya, J. M. Jones and R. E. Coleman -- Detection of R. felis and R. typhi in Fleas Using Monoclonal Antibodies / R. Fang, P. E. Fournier, L. Houhamdi, A. F. Azad and D. Raoult -- Q Fever in Human and Livestock Populations in Oman / E. M. Scrimgeour, S. I. N. Al-Ismaily, J. M. Rolain, S. H. S. Al-Dhahry, H. S. El-Khatim and D. Raoult -- Molecular Evidence of Coxielia-like Microorganism Harbored by Haemaphysalis concinnae Ticks in the Russian Far East / Oleg Mediannikov, Leonid Ivanov, Makoto Nishikawa, Reiko Saito, Yury N. Sidelnikov, Nina I. Zdanovskaya, Irina V. Tarasevich and Hiroshi Suzuki -- Investigation of a Focus of Q Fever in a Nonfarming Population in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina / J. H. McQuiston, R. V. Gibbons, R. Velic, W. L. Nicholson, L. Castrodale, S. H. Wainright, T. J. Vanniewenhoven, E. W. Morgan, L. Arapovic, A. Delilic, M. O'Reilly and T. Bajrovic -- Bartonella grahamii Infecting Rodents Display High Genetic Diversity over Short Geographic Distances / C. Ehrenborg, S. Handley, B. Ellis, J. Mills and M. Holmberg -- Bartonella schoenbuchensis Isolated from the Blood of a French Cow / J. M. Rolain, E. Rousset, B. La Scola, R. Duquesnel and D. Raoult --
• Identification of Trematode Cercariae Carrying Neorickettsia risticii in Freshwater Stream Snails / Bae-Keun Park, Meen-ju Kim, Eun-ha Kim, Min-seok Kim, Dong-gyun Na and Joon-seok Chae -- Prevalence and Sequence Analyses of Neorickettsia risticii / Joon-seok Chae, Eun-ha Kim, Min-seok Kim, Min-ju Kim, Yoon-hee Cho and Bae-kuen Park -- A Model to Forecast the Habitat Suitability for Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Europe using Remote Sensing / Agustin Estrada-Pena and Jose A. Oteo -- Equine Ehrlichiosis in Italy / Manuela Scarpulla, Maria Emiliana Caristo, Gladia Macri and Eugenio Lillini -- Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia conorii in Uruguay / Ismael A. Conti Diaz -- Clinical Impact of Persistent Bartonella Bacteremia in Humans and Animals / Bruno B. Chomel, Rickie W. Kasten, Jane E. Sykes, Henri-Jean Boulouis and Edward B. Breitschwardt -- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia / Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc and Franc Strle -- Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal: Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome in 105 Hospitalized Patients / Rita de Sousa, Sonia Doria Nobrega, Fatima Bacellar and Jorge Torgal -- Physician Knowledge of the Diagnosis and Management of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Mississippi, 2002 / M. O'Reilly, C. Paddock, B. Elchos, J. Goddard, J. Childs and M. Currie -- Real-Time PCR Duplex Assay for Rickettsia prowazekii and Borrelia recurrentis / Ju Jiang, Joseph J. Temenak and Allen L. Richards -- Serological Hint Suggesting That Parachlamydiaceae Are Agents of Pneumonia in Polytraumatized Intensive Care Patients / Gilbert Greub, Ioanna Boyadjiev, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult and Claude Martin -- Rapid Deployment and Operation of a Q Fever Field Laboratory in Bosnia and Herzegovina / William L. Nicholson, Jennifer McQuiston, Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven and Earl W. Morgan -- Evaluation of Clinical Diagnosis Scores for Boutonneuse Fever / A. Letaief, J. Souissi, H. Trabelsi, H. Ghannem and L. Jemni -- Report of Eight Cases of Fatal and Severe Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal / M. Amaro, F. Bacellar and A. Franca -- Comparison of Patients Fulfilling Criteria for Confirmed and Probable Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis / Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc and Franc Strle -- Risk of Tick-Borne Bacterial Diseases in Humans in the Florence Area, Tuscany / Lorenzo Ciceroni, Alessandro Bartoloni, Francesco Leoncini, Simonetta Ciarrocchi, Antonella Pinto, Guido Favia, Filippo Bartalesi, Laura Scagnoli and Albertina Iori -- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Italy: First Report on Two Confirmed Cases / Maurizio Ruscio and Marina Cinco -- Etiology of Tick-Borne Febrile Illnesses in Slovenian Children / Maja Arnez, Tatjana Luznik-Bufon, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Miroslav Petrovec, Stanka Lotric-Furlan and Franc Strle -- Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among Rickettsia slovaca Rickettsiosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain / Jose A. Oteo, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose R. Blanco, Luis Metola, Manuel Vallejo and Victor Martinez de Artola -- Tick Paralysis by Ixodes holocyclus in a Japanese Traveler Returning from Australia / Hisashi Inokuma, Hiroaki Takahata, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult, Masaru Okuda, Takafumi Onishi, Kazue Nishioka and Masato Tsukahara -- Outbreak of Scrub Typhus in Southern India during the Cooler Months / E. Mathai, J. M. Rolain, G. M. Verghese, O. C. Abraham, D. Mathai, M. Mathai and D. Raoult -- Significance of Q Fever Serologic Diagnosis in Clinically Suspect Patients / S. Hamzic, E. Beslagic and S. Zvizdic -- Multiplex Taqman PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi / Joshua W. Courtney and Robert F. Massung -- Seven Years' Experience of Isolation of Rickettsia spp. from Clinical Specimens Using the Shell Vial Cell Culture Assay / G. Vestris, J. M. Rolain, P. E. Fournier, M. L. Birg, M. Enea, J. Y. Patrice and D. Raoult -- An Improved Method for the Purification and Refolding of r56-kDa Proteins from Gilliam and Kato strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi / Qing Yang, Wei-Mei Ching, Ju Jiang, Leslie Lousteau and Allen L. Richards -- Development of an Improved Rapid Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi-Specific IgG/IgM Antibodies / R. Wilkinson, D. Rowland and W.-M. Ching -- Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among DEBONEL-TIBOLA and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain / Jose A. Oteo, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose R. Blanco, Luis Metola, Manuel Vallejo and Victor Martinez de Artola -- Genetic Variation of Bartonella henselae Detected in Lymph Nodes from Patients with Cat Scratch Disease in Slovenia / Katja Triller, Petra Strus, Miroslav Petrovec, Darja Duh and Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc -- Cat Scratch Disease with Lymphadenitis, Vertebral Osteomyelitis, and Spleen Abscesses / J. M. Rolain, V. Chanet, H. Laurichesse, H. Lepidi, J. Beytout and D. Raoult -- Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi Infections of the Central Nervous System / Edyta Podsiadey, Tomasz Chmielewski and Stanislawa Tylewska-Wierzbanowska -- Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infections in Poland in 1998-2001 / Edyta Podsiadly, Edyta Sokolowska and Stanislawa Tylewska-Wierzbanowska -- Bartonella spp. Antibodies in Forensic Samples from Swedish Heroin Addicts / Svena McGill, Eva Hjelm, Jovan Rajs, Olle Lindquist and Goran Frjman -- Prevalence of Bartonella Infections in Slovenian Intravenous Drug Users / Sabina Zupan, Mario Poljak and Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc -- Seroimmunological Monitoring of Several Species of Rickettsiaceae and Bartonellaceae Circulating in the Moscow Region / V. Ignatovich, G. Penkina and N. Umnova -- Clinical and Laboratory Features of the First Detected Cases of A. phagocytophila Infections in Dogs from Slovenia / Natasa Tozon, Miroslav Petrovec and Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc -- Anaplasma phagocytophila as an Abortifacient Agent in Sheep Farms from Northern Spain / Ana L. Garcia-Perez, Jesse Barandika, Beatriz Oporto, Ines Povedano and Ramon A. Juste -- Fatal Cases of Tick-Borne Fever (TBF) in Sheep Caused by Several 16S rRNA Gene Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum / S. Stuen, S. Nevland and T. Moum -- Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity during Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection / Gary M. Winslow, Eric Yager and Julia Shu-yi Li -- Wolbachia in the Inflammatory Pathogeneis of Human Filariasis / Mark J. Taylor -- Interleukin-4 Induces Coxiella burnetii Replication in Human Monocytes but not in Macrophages / Eric Ghigo, Guenievre Imbert, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult and Jean-Louis Mege -- Differences in Cytokine mRNA Profiles between Naive and in Vivo-Primed Ovine PBMC after Exposure to Heat-Inactivated Coxiella burnetii / Judith Tyczka, Wiebke Maass, Cornelie Jager, Christian Menge and Georg Baljer -- Rickettsia rickettsii Infection in the Pine Vole. Microtus pinetorum: Kinetics of Infection and Quantitation of Antioxidant Enzyme Gene Expression by RT-PCR / Marina E. Eremeeva, Zhongxing Liang, Christopher Paddock, Sherif Zaki, John G. Vandenbergh, Gregory A. Dasch and David J. Silverman -- Development of Improved Vaccines for Heartwater / Nicola E. Collins, Alri Pretorius, Mirinda van Kleef, Kelly A. Brayton, Erich Zweygarth and Basil A. Allsopp -- Erythroblast Cells as a Target for Bartonella quintana in Homeless People / J. M. Rolain, C. Foucault, P. Brouqui and D. Raoult -- Early Induction and Late Abrogation of Respiratory Burst in A. phagocytophilum-Infected Neurotrophils / Kyoung-Seong Choi and J. Stephen Dumler -- Route of Transmission Alters the Infectivity of Anaplasma phagocytophila in Mice / Robert F. Massung, Rachael A. Priestley and Michael L. Levin -- Coxiella burnetii Persistence in Three Generations of Mice after Application of Live Attenuated Human M-44 Vaccine against Q Fever / O. Freylikhman, N. Tokarevich, A. Suvorov, E. Vorobiova and A. Totolian --
• Influence of Inactivated Coxiella burnetii on Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Blood Cells from Healthy Donors / S. Kuznetsova, N. Tokarevich, M. Lukacova, A. Koloskov and I. Freidlin -- Studies on the Immunological Role of Virenose and Dihydrohydroxystreptose Present in the Coxiella burnetii Phase I Lipopolysaccharide / Katarina Slaba, Ahmed Hussein, Peter Palkovic, Viktor Horvath and Rudolf Toman -- Identification and Cloning Potentially Protective Antigens of Coxiella burnetii Using Sera from Mice Experimentally Infected with Nine Mile Phase I / G. Q. Zhang and J. E. Samuel -- Comparison of the Efficacy of Q Fever Vaccines against Coxiella burnetii Experimental Challenge in Pregnant Goats / Armel Souriau, Nathalie Arricau-Bouvery, Christelle Bodier and Annie Rodolakis -- Excretion of Coxiella burnetii during an Experimental Infection of Pregnant Goats with an Abortive Goat Strain CbCl / Nathalie Arricau-Bouvery, Armel Souriau, Patrick Lechopilr and Annie Rodolakis -- Immunogenicity of a 40kda Fragment of the 47kDa Recombinant Protein and DNA Vaccine from Karp Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi / Dongsheng Niu, Weijun Chen, Xyeying Zhang, Meiling Chen, Hong Cui, Wenjin Wei, Bohai Wen and Xiangrui Chen -- Rickettsial Actin-Based Motility: Behavior and Involvement of Cytoskeletal Regulators / Robert A. Heinzen -- Mechanisms to Create a Safe Haven by Members of the Family Anaplasmataceae / Yasuko Rikihisa -- Fusogenicity of the Coxiella burnetii Parasitophorous Vacuole / Dale Howe, Jana Melnicakova, Imrich Barak and Robert A. Heinzen -- Structural Properties of Lipopolysaccharides from Coxiella burnetii Strains Henzerling and S / Rudolf Toman, Ahmed Hussein, Peter Palkovic and Peter Ftacek -- Interactions between Rickettsiae and Dermacentor variabilis Ticks: Analysis of Gene Expression / Kevin R. Macaluso, Albert Mulenga, Jason A. Simser and Abdu F. Azad -- In Vitro Infection of Nonendothelial Cells by Ehrlichia ruminantium / E. Zweygarth and A. I. Josemans -- Immunofluorescence Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis Flagella in Vitro and in Vivo in Human Red Blood Cells as Viewed by Laser Confocal Microscopy / J. M. Rolain, S. Novelli, P. Ventosilla, C. Maguina, H. Guerra and D. Raoult -- Adherence to and Invasion of Vero Cells by Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing the Outer Membrane Protein rOmpB of Rickettsia japonica / Tsuneo Uchiyama.

ISBN

• 1573314447 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1573314455 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003010686

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