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Case Reports
. 2009 Mar;15(3):458-60.
doi: 10.3201/eid1503.081227.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs, Brazil

Marcelo B Labruna  1 , Orson Kamakura, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Mauricio C Horta, Richard C Pacheco
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Case Reports

Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs, Brazil

Marcelo B Labruna et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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