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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Grasperge, Britton J. ; Wolfson, Wendy ; Macaluso, Kevin R.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Arthropod Vectors Bacteria Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Canine Companion Animals Dispatch Dog Dog Diseases Dogs Female Louisiana Male Prevalence Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsioses Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Sequence Analysis, DNA Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses Tick-Borne Diseases Tick-borne Rickettsial Disease

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(6):995-997.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5R01AI077784/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; T32 OD011124/OD/NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4eff3a887fc7a0c5d842113f4bbaad309b6b3c660c1f53eeb9b6d75c4b42248c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23598/cdc_23598_DS1.pdf
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