Associations between dogs that were serologically positive for Rickettsia conorii relative to the residences of two human cases of Mediterranean spotted fever in Piemonte (Italy).

Mannelli A, Mandola ML, Pedri P, Tripoli M, Nebbia P

Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Epidemiologia ed Ecologia, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy. alessandro.manneli@unito.it

Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 3383

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Cause and Effect Analysis	Interspecies susceptibility data	Shared exposures with humans	Shared outcomes with humans	Gene sequence data
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Study type	N	Routes	Sampling	Controls	Timing
descriptive	2	vector	-	-	concurrent
cross sectional	116	vector	exposure	yes	repeated

Exposures	Rickettsia conorii
Risk factors	Age Factors Aptitude Female Housing, Animal Seasons
Outcomes	Boutonneuse Fever Rickettsia Infections
Species	Dogs Human
Locations	Italy Italy (general) Margarita (populated place) Morozzo (populated place) Provincia di Cuneo (third-order administrative division)

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