Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Novel Rickettsia Species Infecting Dogs, United States.
- Journal:
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Wilson, James M et al.
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
In 2018 and 2019, spotted fever was suspected in 3 dogs in 3 US states. The dogs had fever and hematological abnormalities; blood samples were Rickettsia seroreactive. Identical Rickettsia DNA sequences were amplified from the samples. Multilocus phylogenetic analysis showed the dogs were infected with a novel Rickettsia species related to human Rickettsia pathogens.
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