| 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). | a geographic information system and k-function analysis were used to evaluate the spatial association of canine serological results for rickettsia conorii, the causative agent of mediterranean spotted fever (msf), and clinical cases of msf in humans in piemonte, northwest italy. the residences of dog owners were clustered in two rural villages in the province of cuneo, where two human cases of msf occurred in 1997 and 1998. eighteen out of 116 dogs examined were positive by indirect immunofluore ... | 2003 | 12900146 |