Rickettsiae in the Sumava region.

Antibodies were detected to C oxiella burnetii, Rickettsia slovaca and Chlamydia psittaci in the blood of small terrestrial mammals, larger wild and domestic animals and humans in the southern part of the Protected Landscape Area of the Sumava region between 1977 and 1982. The data obtained have contributed to the safe development of livestock raising in this region.