Spotted fever group rickettsia in dogs in Japan.
Prevalence of antibody against spotted fever group-rickettsia in dogs (14/134) from the northern part of Shikoku Island, where spotted fever group rickettsia infection in human is endemic, is significantly higher than that in dogs (4/189) from nonendemic areas.
Morita
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C
Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Tokyo.
Tsuboi
Y
Y
Iida
A
A
Mohri
S
S
Handa
S
S
Fukui
M
M
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D007564:Japan; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*