TY - JOUR 
A1 - Di Cataldo, Sophia
AU - Cevidanes Miranda, Aitor
AU - Ulloa Contreras, Claudia
AU - Hidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel
AU - Gargano, Valeria
AU - Cabello, Javier
AU - Sacristán Yagüe, Irene
AU - Napolitano Valenzuela, Constanza Gabriela
AU - Gambino, Delia
AU - Vicari, D.
AU - Millán, Javier
T1 - A serosurvey for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii antibodies in rural dogs and foxes, Chile
Y1 - 2022
SN - 0147-9571

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/10903
AB - Antibodies against Spotted Fever Group (SFG) Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii, investigated through indirect antibody immunofluorescence tests, were detected in serum samples from 3.1% and 0% of 358 rural dogs, respectively, and in none of 32 wild foxes tested. SFG Rickettsia seropositive dogs were only detected in the Mountain Desert (8%) and the Steppe-Mediterranean (9%) regions. Exposure in the Mountain Desert, where no ticks and fleas were found on any dog, could correspond to a new SFG Rickettsia sp. recently described in soft ticks or to a related agent. Our survey confirms low endemicity in the country of C. burnetii, as observed in recent serosurveys in humans.
KW - Coxiella burnetii
KW - Infecciones por Rickettsia
KW - Veterinaria
KW - Enfermedad animal
KW - Microbiología
LA - eng
ER -