Table 1 Ecological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of diseases associated with different members of the R. conorii complex
Rickettsia | Vector tick | Geographic repartition | Human disease name | Fever (%) | Inoculation eschar (%) | Cutaneous rash (%) | Fatal forms | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. conorii, isolates Malish, Moroccan R. conorii, isolate Kenyan tick typhus rickettsia | Rhipicephalus sp., Haemaphysalis leachii | Mediterranean area, Africa | Mediterranean spotted fever, Kenyan tick typhus, South African tick bite fever | 100 | 72 | 97 | Yes | [45,46] |
Indian tick typhus rickettsia | Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Boophilus microplus, Haemaphysalis leachii | India, Pakistan | Indian tick typhus | 100 | 0 | 100 | No | [47] |
Astrakhan spotted fever rickettsia | Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. pumilio | Astrakhan region, Chad, Kosovo | Astrakhan fever | 100 | 23–28 | 100 | No | [16-18,31,32] |
Israeli tick typhus rickettsia | Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Israel, Portugal | Israeli spotted fever | 100 | 0 | 100 | Yes | [48] |