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    title   = {Human and tick spotted fever group Rickettsia isolates from Israel: a genotypic analysis.},    
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    journal = {J Clin Microbiol},    
    year    = {1992},    
    doi     = {10.1128/jcm.30.10.2653-2656.1992},    
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    author  = {Walker DH, Liu QH, Yu XJ, Li H, Taylor C, Feng HM},    
    journal = {Am J Trop Med Hyg},    
    year    = {1992},    
    doi     = {10.4269/ajtmh.1992.47.78},    
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    }
    @article{lin53985,
    title   = {Barbash strain spotted fever group rickettsia is a strain of Rickettsia conorii and differs from Rickettsia sibirica.},    
    author  = {Wang JG, Walker DD, Li H, Lenz B, Jerrells TR},    
    journal = {Acta Virol},    
    year    = {1987},    
        
    pmid    = {2894143}        
    }
    @article{lin53986,
    title   = {Gamma interferon as a crucial host defense against Rickettsia conorii in vivo.},    
    author  = {Li H, Jerrells TR, Spitalny GL, Walker DH},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {1987},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.55.5.1252-1255.1987},    
    pmid    = {3106216}        
    }
    @article{lin53987,
    title   = {Cross-reactive lymphocyte responses and protective immunity against other spotted fever group rickettsiae in mice immunized with Rickettsia conorii.},    
    author  = {Jerrells TR, Jarboe DL, Eisemann CS},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {1986},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.51.3.832-837.1986},    
    pmid    = {3949382}        
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    title   = {Susceptibility of inbred mice to rickettsiae of the spotted fever group.},    
    author  = {Eisemann CS, Nypaver MJ, Osterman JV},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {1984},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.43.1.143-148.1984},    
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    title   = {Rickettsia conorii infection of C3H/HeN mice. A model of endothelial-target rickettsiosis.},    
    author  = {Walker DH, Popov VL, Wen J, Feng HM},    
    journal = {Lab Invest},    
    year    = {1994},    
        
    pmid    = {7511715}        
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    @article{lin53978,
    title   = {Genotype characterization of the bacterium expressing the male-killing trait in the ladybird beetle Adalia bipunctata with specific rickettsial molecular tools.},    
    author  = {Balayeva NM, Eremeeva ME, Tissot-Dupont H, Zakharov IA, Raoult D},    
    journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},    
    year    = {1995},    
    doi     = {10.1128/aem.61.4.1431-1437.1995},    
    pmid    = {7747963}        
    }
    @article{lin417688,
    title   = {Genotypic evaluation of rickettsial isolates recovered from various species of ticks in Portugal.},    
    author  = {Bacellar F, Regnery RL, Nuncio MS, Filipe AR.},    
    journal = {Epidemiol Infect},    
    year    = {1995},    
    doi     = {10.1017/s095026880005202x},    
    pmid    = {7867736}        
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    @article{lin417690,
    title   = {Proteinic and genomic identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated in the former USSR.},    
    author  = {Eremeeva ME, Balayeva NM, Ignatovich VF, Raoult D.},    
    journal = {J Clin Microbiol},    
    year    = {1993},    
    doi     = {10.1128/jcm.31.10.2625-2633.1993},    
    pmid    = {7902843}        
    }
    @article{lin53981,
    title   = {Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene coding for an antigenic 120-kilodalton protein of Rickettsia conorii.},    
    author  = {Schuenke KW, Walker DH},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {1994},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.62.3.904-909.1994},    
    pmid    = {8112862}        
    }
    @article{lin53980,
    title   = {Sequence analysis of the 190-kDa antigen-encoding gene of Rickettsia conorii (Malish 7 strain).},    
    author  = {Crocquet-Valdes PA, Weiss K, Walker DH},    
    journal = {Gene},    
    year    = {1994},    
    doi     = {10.1016/0378-1119(94)90740-4},    
    pmid    = {8125327}        
    }
    @article{lin53979,
    title   = {Depletion of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha in mice with Rickettsia conorii-infected endothelium: impairment of rickettsicidal nitric oxide production resulting in fatal, overwhelming rickettsial disease.},    
    author  = {Feng HM, Popov VL, Walker DH},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {1994},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.62.5.1952-1960.1994},    
    pmid    = {8168962}        
    }
    @article{lin53983,
    title   = {[The western immunoblotting technique in atypical situations of Rickettsia conorii infection. Presentation of 2 cases].},    
    author  = {Herrero JI, Ruiz R, Walker DH},    
    journal = {Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin},    
    year    = {1993},    
        
    pmid    = {8499513}        
    }
    @article{lin417692,
    title   = {In vitro susceptibilities of Bartonella henselae, B. quintana, B. elizabethae, Rickettsia rickettsii, R. conorii, R. akari, and R. prowazekii to macrolide antibiotics as determined by immunofluorescent-antibody analysis of infected Vero cell monolayers.},    
    author  = {Ives TJ, Manzewitsch P, Regnery RL, Butts JD, Kebede M.},    
    journal = {Antimicrob Agents Chemother},    
    year    = {1997},    
    doi     = {10.1128/aac.41.3.578},    
    pmid    = {9055996}        
    }
    @article{lin53977,
    title   = {Role of T lymphocyte subsets in immunity to spotted fever group Rickettsiae.},    
    author  = {Feng H, Popov VL, Yuoh G, Walker DH},    
    journal = {J Immunol},    
    year    = {1997},    
        
    pmid    = {9164951}        
    }
    @article{lin417687,
    title   = {Taxonomic relationships among spotted fever group rickettsiae as revealed by antigenic analysis with monoclonal antibodies.},    
    author  = {Xu W, Raoult D.},    
    journal = {J Clin Microbiol},    
    year    = {1998},    
    doi     = {10.1128/jcm.36.4.887-896.1998},    
    pmid    = {9542904}        
    }
    @article{lin53976,
    title   = {Phylogenetic analysis of spotted fever group rickettsiae by study of the outer surface protein rOmpA.},    
    author  = {Fournier PE, Roux V, Raoult D},    
    journal = {Int J Syst Bacteriol},    
    year    = {1998},    
    doi     = {10.1099/00207713-48-3-839},    
    pmid    = {9734038}        
    }
    @article{lin53975,
    title   = {Short report: isolation and identification of two spotted fever group rickettsial strains from patients in Catalonia, Spain.},    
    author  = {Cardenosa N, Roux V, Font B, Sanfeliu I, Raoult D, Segura F},    
    journal = {Am J Trop Med Hyg},    
    year    = {2000},    
    doi     = {10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.142},    
    pmid    = {10761740}        
    }
    @article{lin417693,
    title   = {Critical role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in immune clearance of rickettsial infection.},    
    author  = {Walker DH, Olano JP, Feng HM.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2001},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.69.3.1841-1846.2001},    
    pmid    = {11179362}        
    }
    @article{lin53974,
    title   = {Report of eight cases of fatal and severe Mediterranean spotted fever in Portugal.},    
    author  = {Amaro M, Bacellar F, Franca A},    
    journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci},    
    year    = {2003},    
    doi     = {10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07384.x},    
    pmid    = {12860647}        
    }
    @article{lin53973,
    title   = {First isolation of Rickettsia conorii from human blood in Croatia.},    
    author  = {Sardelic S, Fournier PE, Punda Polic V, Bradaric N, Grgic D, Ivic I, Ledina D, Luksic B, Milas I, Raoult D},    
    journal = {Croat Med J},    
    year    = {2003},    
        
    pmid    = {14515427}        
    }
    @article{lin417681,
    title   = {Fc-dependent polyclonal antibodies and antibodies to outer membrane proteins A and B, but not to lipopolysaccharide, protect SCID mice against fatal Rickettsia conorii infection.},    
    author  = {Feng HM, Whitworth T, Olano JP, Popov VL, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2004},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.72.4.2222-2228.2004},    
    pmid    = {15039346}        
    }
    @article{lin417691,
    title   = {A novel alpha-Proteobacterium resides in the mitochondria of ovarian cells of the tick Ixodes ricinus.},    
    author  = {Beninati T, Lo N, Sacchi L, Genchi C, Noda H, Bandi C.},    
    journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},    
    year    = {2004},    
    doi     = {10.1128/aem.70.5.2596-2602.2004},    
    pmid    = {15128508}        
    }
    @article{lin417683,
    title   = {Effect of antibody on the rickettsia-host cell interaction.},    
    author  = {Feng HM, Whitworth T, Popov V, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2004},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.72.6.3524-3530.2004},    
    pmid    = {15155660}        
    }
    @article{lin53972,
    title   = {Use of highly variable intergenic spacer sequences for multispacer typing of Rickettsia conorii strains.},    
    author  = {Fournier PE, Zhu Y, Ogata H, Raoult D},    
    journal = {J Clin Microbiol},    
    year    = {2004},    
    doi     = {10.1128/JCM.42.12.5757-5766.2004},    
    pmid    = {15583310}        
    }
    @article{lin53971,
    title   = {[Epidemiologic features of Mediterranean spotted fever in Portugal].},    
    author  = {Sousa Rd, Nobrega SD, Bacellar F, Torgal J},    
    journal = {Acta Med Port},    
    year    = {2003},    
        
    pmid    = {15631855}        
    }
    @article{lin53970,
    title   = {Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii.},    
    author  = {Zhu Y, Fournier PE, Eremeeva M, Raoult D},    
    journal = {BMC Microbiol},    
    year    = {2005},    
    doi     = {10.1186/1471-2180-5-11},    
    pmid    = {15766388}        
    }
    @article{lin53969,
    title   = {Characterization of a tandem repeat polymorphism in Rickettsia strains.},    
    author  = {Vitorino L, de Sousa R, Bacellar F, Ze-Ze L},    
    journal = {J Med Microbiol},    
    year    = {2005},    
    doi     = {10.1099/jmm.0.45956-0},    
    pmid    = {16091434}        
    }
    @article{lin417686,
    title   = {Tick-borne rickettsioses around the world: emerging diseases challenging old concepts.},    
    author  = {Parola P, Paddock CD, Raoult D.},    
    journal = {Clin Microbiol Rev},    
    year    = {2005},    
    doi     = {10.1128/cmr.18.4.719-756.2005},    
    pmid    = {16223955}        
    }
    @article{lin417672,
    title   = {Presence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the causative agent of Israeli spotted fever, in Sicily, Italy, ascertained in a retrospective study.},    
    author  = {Giammanco GM, Vitale G, Mansueto S, Capra G, Caleca MP, Ammatuna P.},    
    journal = {J Clin Microbiol},    
    year    = {2005},    
    doi     = {10.1128/jcm.43.12.6027-6031.2005},    
    pmid    = {16333093}        
    }
    @article{lin53968,
    title   = {Boutonneuse fever and climate variability.},    
    author  = {de Sousa R, Luz T, Parreira P, Santos-Silva M, Bacellar F},    
    journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci},    
    year    = {2006},    
    doi     = {10.1196/annals.1374.029},    
    pmid    = {17114701}        
    }
    @article{lin53967,
    title   = {Prospective evaluation of rickettsioses in the Trakya (European) region of Turkey and atypic presentations of Rickettsia conorii.},    
    author  = {Kuloglu F, Rolain JM, Aydoslu B, Akata F, Tugrul M, Raoult D},    
    journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci},    
    year    = {2006},    
    doi     = {10.1196/annals.1374.031},    
    pmid    = {17114703}        
    }
    @article{lin417679,
    title   = {Differential interaction of dendritic cells with Rickettsia conorii: impact on host susceptibility to murine spotted fever rickettsiosis.},    
    author  = {Fang R, Ismail N, Soong L, Popov VL, Whitworth T, Bouyer DH, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2007},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.00007-07},    
    pmid    = {17403875}        
    }
    @article{lin417677,
    title   = {The absence of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling in C3H/HeJ mice predisposes them to overwhelming rickettsial infection and decreased protective Th1 responses.},    
    author  = {Jordan JM, Woods ME, Olano J, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2008},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.00311-08},    
    pmid    = {18490467}        
    }
    @article{lin53966,
    title   = {Host- and microbe-related risk factors for and pathophysiology of fatal Rickettsia conorii infection in Portuguese patients.},    
    author  = {Sousa Rd, Franca A, Doria Nobrega S, Belo A, Amaro M, Abreu T, Pocas J, Proenca P, Vaz J, Torgal J, Bacellar F, Ismail N, Walker DH},    
    journal = {J Infect Dis},    
    year    = {2008},    
    doi     = {10.1086/590211},    
    pmid    = {18582199}        
    }
    @article{lin417682,
    title   = {Rickettsiae stimulate dendritic cells through toll-like receptor 4, leading to enhanced NK cell activation in vivo.},    
    author  = {Jordan JM, Woods ME, Soong L, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {J Infect Dis},    
    year    = {2009},    
    doi     = {10.1086/595833},    
    pmid    = {19072551}        
    }
    @article{lin53965,
    title   = {Incongruent effects of two isolates of Rickettsia conorii on the survival of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks.},    
    author  = {Levin ML, Killmaster L, Zemtsova G, Grant D, Mumcuoglu KY, Eremeeva ME, Dasch GA},    
    journal = {Exp Appl Acarol},    
    year    = {2009},    
    doi     = {10.1007/s10493-009-9268-9},    
    pmid    = {19421877}        
    }
    @article{lin53964,
    title   = {Characterization of rickettsial diseases in a hospital-based population in central Tunisia.},    
    author  = {Kaabia N, Letaief A},    
    journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci},    
    year    = {2009},    
    doi     = {10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04521.x},    
    pmid    = {19538277}        
    }
    @article{lin417684,
    title   = {CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3- T-regulatory cells produce both gamma interferon and interleukin-10 during acute severe murine spotted fever rickettsiosis.},    
    author  = {Fang R, Ismail N, Shelite T, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2009},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.00349-09},    
    pmid    = {19564386}        
    }
    @article{lin417678,
    title   = {Tick-borne rickettsioses, neglected emerging diseases in rural Senegal.},    
    author  = {Mediannikov O, Diatta G, Fenollar F, Sokhna C, Trape JF, Raoult D.},    
    journal = {PLoS Negl Trop Dis},    
    year    = {2010},    
    doi     = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0000821},    
    pmid    = {20856858}        
    }
    @article{lin53963,
    title   = {Detection of Rickettsia conorii strains in Portuguese dogs (Canis familiaris).},    
    author  = {Alexandre N, Santos AS, Bacellar F, Boinas FJ, Nuncio MS, de Sousa R},    
    journal = {Ticks Tick Borne Dis},    
    year    = {2011},    
    doi     = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.03.001},    
    pmid    = {21771547}        
    }
    @article{lin417675,
    title   = {RNAi screen reveals host cell kinases specifically involved in Listeria monocytogenes spread from cell to cell.},    
    author  = {Chong R, Squires R, Swiss R, Agaisse H.},    
    journal = {PLoS One},    
    year    = {2011},    
    doi     = {10.1371/journal.pone.0023399},    
    pmid    = {21853127}        
    }
    @article{lin417680,
    title   = {Contribution of NK cells to the innate phase of host protection against an intracellular bacterium targeting systemic endothelium.},    
    author  = {Fang R, Ismail N, Walker DH.},    
    journal = {Am J Pathol},    
    year    = {2012},    
    doi     = {10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.03.020},    
    pmid    = {22617213}        
    }
    @article{lin53962,
    title   = {Some epidemiological features of the Mediterranean spotted fever re-emerging in Bulgaria.},    
    author  = {Baltadzhiev IG, Popivanova NI},    
    journal = {Folia Med (Plovdiv)},    
    year    = {2012},    
    doi     = {10.2478/v10153-011-0076-8},    
    pmid    = {22908829}        
    }
    @article{lin53961,
    title   = {Mediterranean spotted fever in the Trakya region of Turkey.},    
    author  = {Kuloglu F, Rolain JM, Akata F, Eroglu C, Celik AD, Parola P},    
    journal = {Ticks Tick Borne Dis},    
    year    = {2012},    
    doi     = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.030},    
    pmid    = {23168048}        
    }
    @article{lin417674,
    title   = {Increased expression of the homeostatic chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 in clinical and experimental Rickettsia conorii infection.},    
    author  = {Astrup E, Ranheim T, Damas JK, Davi G, Santilli F, Jensenius M, Vitale G, Aukrust P, Olano JP, Otterdal K.},    
    journal = {BMC Infect Dis},    
    year    = {2014},    
    doi     = {10.1186/1471-2334-14-70},    
    pmid    = {24507453}        
    }
    @article{lin53960,
    title   = {Detection of natural killer T cells in mice infected with Rickettsia conorii.},    
    author  = {La Manna MP, Torina A, Agnone A, Blanda V, Caracappa S, Alongi A, Di Marco V, Giudice E, Dieli F, Sireci G},    
    journal = {Transbound Emerg Dis},    
    year    = {2013},    
    doi     = {10.1111/tbed.12143},    
    pmid    = {24589105}        
    }
    @article{lin53959,
    title   = {Nonselective Persistence of a Rickettsia conorii Extrachromosomal Plasmid during Mammalian Infection.},    
    author  = {Riley SP, Fish AI, Garza DA, Banajee KH, Harris EK, del Piero F, Martinez JJ},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2016},    
    doi     = {10.1128/IAI.01205-15},    
    pmid    = {26755154}        
    }
    @article{lin417676,
    title   = {Multi-omics Analysis Sheds Light on the Evolution and the Intracellular Lifestyle Strategies of Spotted Fever Group <i>Rickettsia</i> spp.},    
    author  = {El Karkouri K, Kowalczewska M, Armstrong N, Azza S, Fournier PE, Raoult D.},    
    journal = {Front Microbiol},    
    year    = {2017},    
    doi     = {10.3389/fmicb.2017.01363},    
    pmid    = {28775717}        
    }
    @article{lin53958,
    title   = {Coxiella burnetii and Rickettsia conorii: Two zoonotic pathogens in peridomestic rodents and their ectoparasites in Nigeria.},    
    author  = {Kamani J, Baneth G, Gutierrez R, Nachum-Biala Y, Mumcuoglu KY, Harrus S},    
    journal = {Ticks Tick Borne Dis},    
    year    = {2017},    
    doi     = {10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.10.004},    
    pmid    = {29042240}        
    }
    @article{lin53957,
    title   = {The role of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks parasitizing dogs in the spread of tick-borne rickettsial pathogens in the city of Sevastopol.},    
    author  = {Alieva EE, Bondarenko EI, Maliy KD, Shvalov AN, Verbenets EA, Gafarova MT},    
    journal = {New Microbes New Infect},    
    year    = {2020},    
    doi     = {10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100704},    
    pmid    = {32577290}        
    }
    @article{lin417673,
    title   = {Role of reptiles and associated arthropods in the epidemiology of rickettsioses: A one health paradigm.},    
    author  = {Mendoza-Roldan JA, Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj R, Latrofa MS, Iatta R, Annoscia G, Lovreglio P, Stufano A, Dantas-Torres F, Davoust B, Laidoudi Y, Mediannikov O, Otranto D.},    
    journal = {PLoS Negl Trop Dis},    
    year    = {2021},    
    doi     = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0009090},    
    pmid    = {33596200}        
    }
    @article{lin417671,
    title   = {Renal Involvement in Mediterranean Spotted Fever: Clinical and Histopathological Data.},    
    author  = {Baltadzhiev I, Zaprianov Z, Baltadjiev A.},    
    journal = {Med Princ Pract},    
    year    = {2021},    
    doi     = {10.1159/000516167},    
    pmid    = {33780958}        
    }
    @article{lin417670,
    title   = {Virulence potential of Rickettsia amblyommatis for spotted fever pathogenesis in mice.},    
    author  = {Yen WY, Stern K, Mishra S, Helminiak L, Sanchez-Vicente S, Kim HK.},    
    journal = {Pathog Dis},    
    year    = {2021},    
    doi     = {10.1093/femspd/ftab024},    
    pmid    = {33908603}        
    }
    @article{lin417685,
    title   = {GroEL is an immunodominant surface-exposed antigen of Rickettsia typhi.},    
    author  = {Rauch J, Barton J, Kwiatkowski M, Wunderlich M, Steffen P, Moderzynski K, Papp S, Hohn K, Schwanke H, Witt S, Richardt U, Mehlhoop U, Schluter H, Pianka V, Fleischer B, Tappe D, Osterloh A.},    
    journal = {PLoS One},    
    year    = {2021},    
    doi     = {10.1371/journal.pone.0253084},    
    pmid    = {34111210}        
    }
    @article{lin417669,
    title   = {<i>Rickettsia</i> disrupts and reduces endothelial tight junction protein zonula occludens-1 in association with inflammasome activation.},    
    author  = {Velatooru LR, Arroyave E, Rippee-Brooks MD, Burch M, Yang E, Zhu B, Walker DH, Zhang Y, Fang R.},    
    journal = {Infect Immun},    
    year    = {2025},    
    doi     = {10.1128/iai.00468-24},    
    pmid    = {39679710}        
    }
