title: Experimental Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infections in dogs.
abstract: Dogs were infected intravenously and intradermally with the Gilliam and Karp strains of R. tsutsugamushi. Although the development of clinical signs was related to the dose of the organism, Gilliam-infected dogs developed severer infections than those infected with Karp. Specific antibodies were demonstrated in sera of experimentally infected dogs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000662:veterinary*; D014774:Virulence