title: [Canine ehrlichiosis in Senegal: human and canine seroepidemiological survey in Dakar].
abstract: Since 1986, several cases of human ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichia canis have been reported in the U.S.A. Suspecting a pathology transmissible from dog to man the authors conducted an epidemiologic survey in an ehrlichiosis zone in Senegal on a population of 42 men and 66 dogs. In 1987, this rickettsiosis accounted for the deaths of a good half of the military dogs stationed in Dakar. Yet two years after implementing a prophylactic policy the seroprevalence rate in the kennel dropped from 53% to 13%. Among the dog population of the Gendarmerie Nationale Sénégalaise, the seroprevalence rate is very high (78%) and in the sample of civil, native dogs, seroprevalence was 37%. The fact that no positive human serology was observed among the working-dog handlers in permanent contact with the infected dogs leads the authors to conclude that man is not receptive to Ehrlichia canis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Santé des Armées, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parzy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raphenon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vidor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004536:Ehrlichia; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
vernacular_title: L'ehrlichiose canine au Sénégal: enquête séroépidemiologique humaine et canine à Dakar.