Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in dogs and humans from an endemic area for Brazilian spotted fever in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Pinter, Adriano ^a,b   Horta, Maurício C ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Moraes Filho, Jonas ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Rickettsia; Spotted fever; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 40349085637     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000200003     Document Type: Article

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