zoonotic significance of rickettsiosis in dogs and their relation of public health

A total of 182 SbrU~ sa~ples obtained from stray dogswere subjected to the conple~ent fiXation test againstcomcron s.oluble antigen (epidemic and endemic typhus) ,Rickettsia conori antigen (Marseilles fever) and NileMile antigen (Q-fever).2)All serum s8.tlples eX8.U1.ined pm ved the absence of comp-. . ~ ”::l. dIlement fixing antibodies against epidenic and ~ndeuictyphus.’\ ..3) out of the 182 serun samples procured from dogs, only23 reacted: p’osi1fively against Rick~ttsia conori. witha.1l incwence of I2.’64 per- cent~.I ~4) Comp1enent fiXing antibodi€s ag~inst Q-feve~ wered,enonstrated, in 36 (149.78 per cent) out of the 182exanine<l cnses.5) Ticks of the genus• Rbipicephalus sanguineus s~nguin~eus wer’e collected froD. 59 dog’s and pools of these .