Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases

Marina E. Eremeeva

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4_2

Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases

Marina E. Eremeeva

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

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Abstract

This chapter summarizes the classical methods used to investigate rickettsioses initially discovered and characterized in the United States with an emphasis on their role in understanding their epidemiology. More recent molecular methodologies used to diagnose and characterize rickettsioses and rickettsial agents are then presented. New epidemiological insights into rickettsioses that have been obtained by using these molecular tools are then reviewed. Finally, the limitations of contemporary tools used in the molecular epidemiology of rickettsioses are examined and discussed in the context of new opportunities for improvement of these current approaches.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Rickettsiales: Biology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Vaccine Development
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4_2
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Environmental Health
Public Health
Environmental Public Health
Environmental Health and Protection

Keywords

Biomarkers
Molecular epidemiology
Pathogen discovery
Rickettsiae
Rickettsial diseases
Surveillance
Vaccine development

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