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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil

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.

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Autores principales: Labruna, Marcelo B., Kamakura, Orson, Moraes-Filho, Jonas, Horta, Mauricio C., Pacheco, Richard C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19239764
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.081227
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author Labruna, Marcelo B.
Kamakura, Orson
Moraes-Filho, Jonas
Horta, Mauricio C.
Pacheco, Richard C.
author_facet Labruna, Marcelo B.
Kamakura, Orson
Moraes-Filho, Jonas
Horta, Mauricio C.
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-26811292009-05-18 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil Labruna, Marcelo B. Kamakura, Orson Moraes-Filho, Jonas Horta, Mauricio C. Pacheco, Richard C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2681129/ /pubmed/19239764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.081227 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Labruna, Marcelo B.
Kamakura, Orson
Moraes-Filho, Jonas
Horta, Mauricio C.
Pacheco, Richard C.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title_full Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title_fullStr Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title_short Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil
title_sort rocky mountain spotted fever in dogs, brazil
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19239764
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.081227
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