title: Rickettsia parkeri infection in domestic dogs, Southern Louisiana, USA, 2011.
abstract: The association between companion animals and tick-borne rickettsial disease has long been recognized and can be essential to the emergence of rickettsioses. We tested whole blood from dogs in temporary shelters by using PCR for rickettsial infections. Of 93 dogs, 12 (13%) were positive for Rickettsia parkeri, an emerging tick-borne rickettsiosis.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
authors.forename: Britton J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Grasperge
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wolfson
authors.forename: Kevin R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Macaluso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C080205:rOmpA, Rickettsia