Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs, Brazil.
Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in dogs has been reported solely in the United States. We report 2 natural clinical cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs in Brazil. Each case was confirmed by seroconversion and molecular analysis and resolved after doxycycline therapy.
Labruna
Marcelo B
MB
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. labruna@usp.br
Kamakura
Orson
O
Moraes-Filho
Jonas
J
Horta
Mauricio C
MC
Pacheco
Richard C
RC
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline