In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In ...

Rickettsia felis is an emerging pathogen primarily associated with flea-borne diseases, particularly those transmitted by the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. This bacterium has gained ...

A team of biomolecular engineers, pathologists, and internal medicine specialists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, ...

DURING June and July, 1946, there appeared in New York City a peculiar febrile disease that aroused considerable interest and had both clinicians and laboratory workers temporarily baffled.

SFRs vary in presentation, from mild to fatal, depending on the species of tick, however, early symptoms are non-specific.

we identified 26 XCV-infected patients who were negative for other tickborne infections on PCR or RT-PCR analysis (Table S1), except for 1 patient (Patient 10) who was coinfected with Rickettsia ...

The Tamil Nadu Health Department has issued an alert to district health officers as cases of scrub typhus continue to rise ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle present in all eukaryotic cells, including human cells. The ER plays a ...

The Lamason Lab studies R. parkeri as a model for infection of the more virulent Rickettsia rickettsii. R. rickettsii, carried and transmitted by ticks, causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.