Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina

Nava, Santiago; Elshenawy, Yasmin; Eremeeva, Marina E.; Sumner, John W.; Mastropaolo, Mariano; Paddock, Christopher D.

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Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina

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Dec 2008
By Nava, Santiago ; Elshenawy, Yasmin ; Eremeeva, Marina E. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Nava, Santiago ; Elshenawy, Yasmin ; Eremeeva, Marina E. ; Sumner, John W. ; Mastropaolo, Mariano ; Paddock, Christopher D.
Description:

Clinical reports of an eschar-associated rickettsiosis in the Paraná River Delta of Argentina prompted an evaluation of Amblyomma triste ticks in this region. When evaluated by PCR, 17 (7.6%) of 223 questing adult A. triste ticks, collected from 2 sites in the lower Paraná River Delta, contained DNA of Rickettsia parkeri.
Subjects:

Animals Arachnid Vectors DNA, Bacterial Humans Ixodidae Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Sequence Analysis, DNA
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(12):1894-1897
Pubmed ID:

19046514
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2634642
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Argentina
Volume:

14
Issue:

12
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:caefb2a3c31433b2342ebc623561e6fe3366fb53f9a5c33c495314d25976e4b5
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17377/cdc_17377_DS1.pdf
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