A highly specific real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to detect
spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae using the citrate synthase gene as the target. The …

Australia has 4 rickettsial diseases: murine typhus, Queensland tick typhus, Flinders Island
spotted fever, and scrub typhus. We describe 7 cases of a rickettsiosis, with an acute onset …

Background Syphilis transmission is increasing, and precisely how Treponema pallidum is
transmitted sexually from person to person is unclear. We aimed to determine the frequency …

Q fever is an infectious zoonotic disease, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Coxiella
burnetii. Transmission occurs from livestock to humans through inhalation of a survival form …

The high incidence of rickettsial diseases in Southeast Asia necessitates rapid and accurate
diagnostic tools for a broad range of rickettsial agents, including Orientia tsutsugamushi (…

Tick bites in Australia can lead to a variety of illnesses in patients. These include infection,
allergies, paralysis, autoimmune disease, post-infection fatigue and Australian multisystem …

The diagnosis of syphilis is frequently dependent upon the results of serological tests, but
the reliability of syphilis serology in patients with HIV-1 infection has been questioned. We …

The article describes cases of Rickettsia felis infection among humans in Australia. A 9-year-old
girl in Melbourne, Victoria was admitted in April 2009 with severe abdominal pain, fever …

Orientia tsutsugamushi, the etiologic agent of potentially fatal scrub typhus, is characterized
by a high antigenic diversity, which complicates the development of a broadly protective …

Background: Q fever often presents as an undifferentiated febrile illness. Cases occur
throughout Australia, with higher rates occurring in northern New South Wales and southern …