Febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii infection in dogs from Sicily

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1985-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060326.

Abstract

We report serologic and molecular evidence of acute, febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii in 3 male Yorkshire terriers from Sicily (Italy).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • Boutonneuse Fever / drug therapy
  • Boutonneuse Fever / microbiology
  • Boutonneuse Fever / veterinary*
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology*
  • Dogs
  • Fever / microbiology
  • Fever / veterinary*
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / veterinary
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Rickettsia conorii / genetics
  • Rickettsia conorii / isolation & purification*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sicily

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • OMPA outer membrane proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ518245
  • GENBANK/DQ518246
  • GENBANK/DQ518247