TY - JOUR
T1 - Rickettsia conorii in humans and dogs
T2 - A seroepidemiologic survey of two rural villages in Israel
AU - Harms, Shimon
AU - Lior, Yael
AU - Ephros, Moshe
AU - Grisaru-Soen, Galia
AU - Keysary, Avi
AU - Strenger, Carmella
AU - Jongejan, Frans
AU - Waner, Trevor
AU - Baneth, Gad
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - The prevalence of IgG-antibodies reactive with an Israeli strain of Rickettsia conorii (Israeli strain 487), the agent of Israeli spotted fever, was examined in humans and dogs from two rural villages in Israel where the disease has been reported in humans. Sixty-nine of 85 (81%) canine sera and 14 of 136 (10%) of human sera had anti-R. conorii antibodies. No direct association could be made between seropositivity of people and ownership of a seropositive dog. This study indicates that exposure to spotted fever group rickettsiae was highly prevalent among dogs compared with humans in the two villages examined, probably reflecting a greater exposure rate of canines to the tick vector. These results support a previous suggestion that canine serology could be a sensitive indicator for the presence and magnitude of human exposure to R. conorii.
AB - The prevalence of IgG-antibodies reactive with an Israeli strain of Rickettsia conorii (Israeli strain 487), the agent of Israeli spotted fever, was examined in humans and dogs from two rural villages in Israel where the disease has been reported in humans. Sixty-nine of 85 (81%) canine sera and 14 of 136 (10%) of human sera had anti-R. conorii antibodies. No direct association could be made between seropositivity of people and ownership of a seropositive dog. This study indicates that exposure to spotted fever group rickettsiae was highly prevalent among dogs compared with humans in the two villages examined, probably reflecting a greater exposure rate of canines to the tick vector. These results support a previous suggestion that canine serology could be a sensitive indicator for the presence and magnitude of human exposure to R. conorii.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.133
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.133
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C2 - 17620644
AN - SCOPUS:34548793956
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 77
SP - 133
EP - 135
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -