Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil


Autoria(s): LABRUNA, Marcelo B.; KAMAKURA, Orson; MORAES-FILHO, Jonas; HORTA, Mauricio C.; PACHECO, Richard C.
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

18/04/2012

18/04/2012

2009

Resumo

Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in dogs has been reported solely in the United States. We report 2 natural clinical cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs in Brazil. Each case was confirmed by seroconversion and molecular analysis and resolved after doxycycline therapy.

Instituto Dog Bakery de Medicina Animal,

Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP),

CNPq-Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico.

Identificador

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v.15, n.3, p.458-460, 2009

1080-6040

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/15395

10.3201/eid1503.081227

http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.081227

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL

Relação

Emerging Infectious Diseases

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openAccess

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Palavras-Chave #SAO-PAULO #RICKETTSIA-RICKETTSII #ENDEMIC AREA #INFECTION #STATE #TICKS #PREVALENCE #OWNER #Immunology #Infectious Diseases
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article

original article

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