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Revisiting Brazilian Spotted Fever Focus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Author(s) -
GALVÃO M.A.M.,
CARDOSO L.D.,
MAFRA C.L.,
CALIC S.B.,
WALKER D.H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.045
Subject(s) - serology , spotted fever , rickettsia , veterinary medicine , geography , environmental health , medicine , virology , immunology , virus , antibody
We revisited a Brazilian spotted fever focal area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in 2002, and performed a serologic survey in dogs and cats. The results of this survey are compared with the survey made 10 years before. The possible efficacy of vector control measures adopted in this area and the role of dogs and horses as sentinels of infection by Rickettsia are discussed.