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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BOUTONNEUSE FEVER IN WESTERN SICILY

Serafino MansuetoG. TringaliGiustina VitaleDavid H. WalkerV. IntonazzoA. M. Perna

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Veterinary medicinebiologyEpidemiologyRhipicephalus sanguineusTickmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationVirologySpotted feverBoutonneuse feverRickettsiosisVector (epidemiology)parasitic diseasesmedicineAcariRickettsia conorii

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The distribution and prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in the ixodid dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus were found to occur at a rate of 19.7% with variation related to geographic and sociooccupational factors. A higher rate of infection was demonstrated in ticks removed from dogs associated with documented cases of boutonneuse fever. The results fit into available clinical and seroepidemiologic data on Rickettsia conorii infection in western Sicily.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1986-04-01American Journal of Epidemiology
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114292