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

Di Cataldo, Sophia; Cevidanes Miranda, Aitor; Ulloa Contreras, Claudia; Hidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel; Gargano, Valeria; Cabello, Javier; Sacristán Yagüe, Irene; Napolitano Valenzuela, Constanza Gabriela; Gambino, Delia; Vicari, D.; Millán, Javier

doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101769

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

Di Cataldo, Sophia; Cevidanes Miranda, Aitor; Ulloa Contreras, Claudia; Hidalgo Hermoso, Ezequiel; Gargano, Valeria; Cabello, Javier; Sacristán Yagüe, Irene; Napolitano Valenzuela, Constanza Gabriela; Gambino, Delia; Vicari, D.; Millán, Javier

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Fecha: 2022

Materia UNESCO: Veterinaria
Materia UNESCO: Enfermedad animal
Materia UNESCO: Microbiología

Tipo: article

Versión del editor: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101769

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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.

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