A serosurvey for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii antibodies in rural dogs and foxes, Chile

dc.contributor.authorDi Cataldo, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorCevidanes Miranda, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorUlloa Contreras, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel
dc.contributor.authorGargano, Valeria
dc.contributor.authorCabello, Javier
dc.contributor.authorSacristán Yagüe, Irene
dc.contributor.authorNapolitano Valenzuela, Constanza Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorGambino, Delia
dc.contributor.authorVicari, D.
dc.contributor.authorMillán, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-09T16:21:19Z
dc.date.available2022-03-09T16:21:19Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAntibodies 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.spa
dc.description.filiationUEMspa
dc.description.impact2.0 Q4 JCR 2022spa
dc.description.impact0.575 Q1 SJR 2022spa
dc.description.impactNo data IDR 2022spa
dc.description.sponsorshipSin financiaciónspa
dc.identifier.citationDi Cataldo, S., Cevidanes, A., Ulloa-Contreras, C., Hidalgo-Hermoso, E., Gargano, V., Cabello, J., Sacristán, I., Napolitano, C., Gambino, D., Vicari, D., & Millán, J. (2022). A serosurvey for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii antibodies in rural dogs and foxes, Chile. Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases, 83, 101769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101769spa
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101769
dc.identifier.issn0147-9571
dc.identifier.issn1878-1667
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/10903
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.peerreviewedSispa
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101769spa
dc.rights.accessRightsrestricted accessspa
dc.subject.otherCoxiella burnetiispa
dc.subject.otherInfecciones por Rickettsiaspa
dc.subject.unescoVeterinariaspa
dc.subject.unescoEnfermedad animalspa
dc.subject.unescoMicrobiologíaspa
dc.titleA serosurvey for spotted fever group Rickettsia and Coxiella burnetii antibodies in rural dogs and foxes, Chilespa
dc.typejournal articlespa
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