Rickettsial infections prevention
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Prevention
With the exception of the louse-borne diseases described above, for which contact with infectious arthropod feces is the primary mode of transmission (through autoinoculation into a wound, conjunctiva, or inhalation), travelers and health-care providers are generally not at risk for becoming infected via exposure to an ill person. Limiting exposures to vectors or animal reservoirs remains the best means for reducing the risk for disease. Travelers should be advised that prevention is based on avoidance of vector-infested habitats, use of repellents and protective clothing, prompt detection and removal of arthropods from clothing and skin, and attention to hygiene.
Q fever and Bartonella group diseases may pose a special risk for persons with abnormal or prosthetic heart valves, and Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Bartonella for persons who are immunocompromised.[1]