Short report: concurrent Rocky Mountain spotted fever in a dog and its owner.
A sequential occurrence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a dog and its owner is described. Diagnosis of RMSF in the animal guided subsequent testing for and diagnosis of the same disease in the human patient. Previous reports of concurrent RMSF in dogs and their owners are reviewed, and the epidemiologic significance of this occurrence is discussed.
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
Christopher D
CD
Paddock
Ori
O
Brenner
Chetan
C
Vaid
D Barry
DB
Boyd
Jason M
JM
Berg
Richard J
RJ
Joseph
Sherif R
SR
Zaki
James E
JE
Childs
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000662:veterinary
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial