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Culture Isolate of Rickettsia felis from a Tick

  • Monika Danchenko,
  • Oldřich Benada,
  • Ľudovít Škultéty and
  • Zuzana Sekeyová

Although the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, has been identified as the primary vector of Rickettsia felis, additional flea, tick, mite, and louse species have also been associated with this bacterium by molecular means; however, the role of these a...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,602 Views
9 Pages

Electrospinning Technique for Fabrication of Coaxial Nanofibers of Semiconductive Polymers

  • William Serrano-Garcia,
  • Seeram Ramakrishna and
  • Sylvia W. Thomas

22 November 2022

In this work, the electrospinning technique is used to fabricate a polymer-polymer coaxial structure nanofiber from the p-type regioregular polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) and the n-type conjugated ladder polymer poly(benzimidazobenzop...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
329 Views
19 Pages

Assessment of the Pathogenicity of Candidatus Rickettsia Colombiensis in a Syrian Hamster Model and Serological Cross-Reactivity Between Spotted Fever Rickettsia Species

  • Jorge Miranda,
  • Alejandra García,
  • Cristina Cervera-Acevedo,
  • Sonia Santibañez,
  • Aránzazu Portillo,
  • José A. Oteo and
  • Salim Mattar

29 January 2026

Candidatus Rickettsia colombiensis is a new candidate species of Rickettsiae spotted fever group that have been isolated only from ticks. The pathogenicity of Ca. R. colombiensis to human and animals is unknown. This study evaluated the pathogenic po...