title: Spotted fever group rickettsia in dogs in Japan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Health, Tokyo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D007564:Japan; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*