Table 2.
Collaborative rickettsial research projects by country.
| Host countries and institutes | Project nomenclature* | Projects |
|---|---|---|
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Azerbaijan - Republican Antiplague Station, Baku; - Ministry of Defense, Head Medical Office, Baku; - Republican Hygiene and Epidemiology Center, Baku |
DTRA AJ-TAP-2 | A seroprevalence study of prior exposure to select arthropod-borne and zoonotic infections among rural populations in three regions of Azerbaijan. |
| DTRA AJ-TAP-4 | A prospective cohort study of the incidence and prevalence of select arthropod-borne and zoonotic infections among Azerbaijani military personnel. | |
| DTRA-RDRP | Analysis of tick samples from Georgia and Azerbaijan. | |
|
Chile - School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago; - Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia; - Clínica Alemana de Santiago Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago |
FONDECYT, OSU, and GEIS-RDRP | Potential scrub typhus case in Chile. |
| FONDECYT and GEIS-RDRP | Assessment of domestic dogs for evidence of rickettsial infection.Case report of Korean traveler with scrub typhus.Distribution of scrub typhus cases in Chile.Identify potential scrub typhus vectors.Genetically characterize orientiae from scrub typhus cases.Conduct serosurvey of rickettsial disease in Chile. | |
|
Georgia - National Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Tbilisi; - Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tbilisi |
GEIS-RDRP and DTRA:GG-21 | Human disease epidemiology and surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens in Georgia. |
| DTRA: GG-TAP-4 and DTRA: GG-TAP-12 | Prevalence of Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Borrelia species pathogens in ticks from Georgia.Analysis of previously identified Rickettsia-positive Georgia ticks by multi-locus sequence typing. | |
|
India - Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh |
DTRA-RDRP and ICMR | Assess individuals from Northeast India for seroprevalence of rickettsioses.Determine genetic characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi in NE IndiaDetermine the risk of spotted fever in Northeast India.Determine the seroprevalence of typhus group rickettsia in Northeast India. |
|
Kazakhstan - Uralsk Anti-plague Station, Uralsk; - Scientific Center of Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty - Scientific and Practical Center of Sanitary and Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring, Almaty |
DTRA: KZ-TAP-2 | Species identification of tick vectors associated with infectious disease in Kazakhstan. |
| DTRA: KZ-29 | The epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, hantavirus (hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome), and tick-borne viral and rickettsial diseases in the Republic of Kazakhstan. | |
| DTRA: CAP-1 and DTRA: KZ-31 | Flea-borne disease surveillanceandEffect of Rickettsia spp. upon fitness of Yersinia pestis in fleas that vector plague in the Republic of Kazakhstan. | |
|
Madagascar - Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo |
IPM and GEIS-RDRP | Flea-borne rickettsial diseases in Madagascar. |
|
Thailand - Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen |
GEIS-RDRP and KKU | Role of companion cats and cat fleas play in rickettsial diseases in Northeast Thailand. |
|
Ukraine - Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene, Lviv |
DTRA PDG for UP-1 | Evaluation of arthropod-borne infections in Ukraine. |
|
Vietnam - Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi - National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi |
NAFOSTED | The presence and prevalence of rickettsial infections among humans in northern Vietnam. |
| DTRA-RDRP and NAFOSTED | Characterize clinical manifestations of rickettsial diseases and determine the applicability of molecular assays in rickettsial diagnosis. | |
| DTRA-RDRP and NAFOSTED | Determine the genetic makeup of O. tsutsugamushi causing scrub typhus in Vietnam. |
*
Project Nomenclature: RDRP, Rickettsial Diseases Research Program of the Naval Medical Research Center; DTRA, Defense Threat Reduction Agency; TADR, Threat Agent Detection and Response of DTRA; TAP, TADR Activity Project of DTRA; GEIS, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response Research Support; DTRA-RDPR, Support in conducting rickettsial diseases research in CBR and TADR projects, and providing reagents and training; GEIS-RDRP, Development, production, and supply of assays/reagents to support rickettsial disease surveillance by GEIS partners worldwide; OSU, Ohio State University; FONDECYT, Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico; ICMR, Indian Council for Medical Research; IPM, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar; KKU, Khon Kaen University; NAFOSTED, National Foundation for Science and Technology Development of Vietnam.