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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Materias:
Dispatch
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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