{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia spp. Molecular and Serological Evidence among Colombian Vectors and Animal Hosts: A Historical Review.
{Author}: Gual-Gonzalez L;Torres ME;Self SCW;Cantillo-Barraza O;Nolan MS;
{Journal}: Insects
{Volume}: 15
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: 2024 Mar 2
{Factor}: 3.139
{DOI}: 10.3390/insects15030170
{Abstract}: Spotted fever group Rickettsia spp. (SFGR) are a large group of tick-borne bacteria causing important emerging and re-emerging diseases that affect animals and humans. While SFGR are found worldwide, a lack of surveillance and misdiagnosis particularly affect South American countries. Colombia is a high burdened country in South America, yet rickettsioses are not deemed a nationally reportable condition limiting disease-specific public health resources. As mortality rates are high for one Rickettsia pathogen species, there is a great need to better understand the epidemiological and ecological factors that increase SFGR transmission risk regionally. This literature review provides an overview of Colombia-based SFGR studies connecting knowledge about both vectors and hosts.