Rickettsial Infection in Animals and Brazilian Spotted Fever Endemicity

Antônio Sangioni, Luís; Cláudio Horta, Maurício; Campostrini Barreto Vianna, Manoella; María Gennari, Solange; Martins Soares, Rodrigo; Antônio Moreira Galvão, Márcio; Tizu Sato Schumaker, Teresinha; Ferreira, Fernando; Vidotto, Odilon; B. Labruna, Marcelo

doi:10.3201/eid1102.040656

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Rickettsial Infection in Animals and Brazilian Spotted Fever Endemicity

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Feb 1, 2005

Authors:

Luís Antônio Sangioni

Maurício Cláudio Horta

Manoella Campostrini Barreto Vianna

Abstract

We compared the rickettsial infection status of Amblyomma cajennense ticks, humans, dogs, and horses in both Brazilian spotted fever (BSF)-endemic and -nonendemic areas in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Most of the horses and few dogs from BSF-endemic areas had serologic titers against Rickettsia r...

Subject

Rickettsia rickettsii

Serology

Spotted fever

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