Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011

The association between companion animals and tick-borne rickettsial disease has long been recognized and can be essential to the emergence of rickettsioses. We tested whole blood from dogs in temporary shelters by using PCR for rickettsial infections. Of 93 dogs, 12 (13%) were positive for Ricketts...

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Autores principales: Grasperge, Britton J., Wolfson, Wendy, Macaluso, Kevin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.120165
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description The association between companion animals and tick-borne rickettsial disease has long been recognized and can be essential to the emergence of rickettsioses. We tested whole blood from dogs in temporary shelters by using PCR for rickettsial infections. Of 93 dogs, 12 (13%) were positive for Rickettsia parkeri, an emerging tick-borne rickettsiosis.
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spelling pubmed-33581722012-06-01 Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011 Grasperge, Britton J. Wolfson, Wendy Macaluso, Kevin R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The association between companion animals and tick-borne rickettsial disease has long been recognized and can be essential to the emergence of rickettsioses. We tested whole blood from dogs in temporary shelters by using PCR for rickettsial infections. Of 93 dogs, 12 (13%) were positive for Rickettsia parkeri, an emerging tick-borne rickettsiosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3358172/ /pubmed/22607743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.120165 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.
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Grasperge, Britton J.
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Macaluso, Kevin R.
Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title_full Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title_fullStr Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title_short Rickettsia parkeri Infection in Domestic Dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011
title_sort rickettsia parkeri infection in domestic dogs, southern louisiana, usa, 2011
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.120165
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