Background Heightened surveillance of acute febrile illness in China since 2009 has led to
the identification of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) with an unknown …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—a new coronavirus that
has led to a worldwide pandemic 1 —has a furin cleavage site (PRRAR) in its spike protein …

Owing to the potential role of the tick Amblyomma cooperi in the enzootic cycle of Rickettsia
rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF), this study evaluated infection by …

PURPOSE: Optoacoustic tomography (OAT) is a novel medical imaging method that uses
optical illumination and ultrasonic detection to produce deep tissue images based on their …

This study evaluates the rickettsial presence in Amblyomma ticks from eight areas of the
Amazon forest in Rondônia, Brazil. The following tick species (number in parentheses) were …

Background: Extracellular vesicles contain biological molecules specified by cell-type of
origin and modified by microenvironmental changes. To conduct reproducible studies on …

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) accounts for
approximately 10,000 annual cases of severe encephalitis in Europe and Asia. Here, we …

Many viruses have evolved mechanisms to alter mitochondrial function. The hepatitis C
virus (HCV) produces a viral core protein that targets to mitochondria and increases Ca 2+ ‐…

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the etiologic agent of scrub typhus, a chigger-borne zoonosis that
is a highly prevalent, life-threatening illness of greatest public health importance in tropical …

Most alphaviruses and many other arboviruses are mosquito-borne and exhibit a broad host
range, infecting many different vertebrates including birds, rodents, equids, humans, and …