Naslov
Rickettsiae and Rickettsial diseases in Croatia

Autori
Dželalija, Boris

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
10. Hrvatski kongres kliničke mikrobiologije i 7. Hrvatski kongres o infektivnim bolestima / - , 2013, 71-71

Skup
10. Hrvatski kongres kliničke mikrobiologije i 7. Hrvatski kongres o infektivnim bolestika

Mjesto i datum
Rovinj, Hrvatska, 24.10.2013. - 27.10.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Rickettsiae ; rickettsioses ; tick ; Croatia

Sažetak
Since 1969, Croatia appears to be free of epidemic typhus (ET) caused by Rickettsia prowazekii. From 1957 to 2011, a total of 174 Brill-Zinsser cases were recorded in Croatia. The sporadic cases of murine typhus occurred in or originated exclusively from the Croatian littoral and islands between Zadar and Split. Human cases of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) caused by R. conorii have been observed along the Croatian coast, mainly in the area from Zadar to Dubrovnik. MSF was characterized by a marked seasonality. Serological evidence of circulation of R.conorii among inhabitants was obtained in all the surveyed localities in southern Croatia. In 1991 R. akari was isolated from blood of a patient diagnosed with MSF in Zadar. Subsequent study in the area found 24.8% seropositive persons to R. akari, but none case of rickettsialpox was reported. As ticks are the most important vectors and reservoirs of SFGR including human rickettsial pathogens, molecular methods were used to investigate, identify and characterize SFG rickettsiae in ticks collected in ecologically different areas of Croatia. The "new" rickettsia ( R. slovaca, R. aeschlimannii, R. hoogstraalii sp. nov. soj Croatica, R. helvetica, R. slovaca, R. raoultii) were isolated from different tick species, still no clinical description of the disease. Rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases continue to be a significant health problem in Croatia. Further studies of the epidemiology, pathogenicity and the role of known and novel rickettsiae for human health in Croatia are warranted.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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