Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Palacios-Santana, Ricardo ; Wei, Lihua ; Fernandez-Santos, Nadia A. ; Rodriguez-Perez, Mario A. ; Uriegas-Camargo, Sergio ; Mendell, Nicole L. ; Bouyer, Donald H. ; Estrada-Franco, Jose Guillermo
• Description:
  We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members, which highlights a potential rickettsial transmission scenario in this region.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Dogs Humans Rickettsia Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(7):1443-1446
• Pubmed ID:
  37347822
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10310375
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Mexico
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b41a3daa0db439658da7145089de9865f16bcb3d35d184357a0ea496cdb52f6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130829/cdc_130829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.99 MB ]