Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum Ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cohen, Sara B. ; Yabsley, Michael J. ; Garrison, Laurel E. ; Freye, James D. ; Dunlap, Brett G. ; Dunn, John R. ; Mead, Daniel G. ; Jones, Timothy F. ; Moncayo, Abelardo C.
• Description:
  To determine the geographic distribution of the newly recognized human pathogen Rickettsia parkeri, we looked for this organism in ticks from Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Using PCR and sequence analysis, we identified R. parkeri in 2 Amblyomma americanum ticks. This rickettsiosis may be underdiagnosed in the eastern United States.
• Subjects:
  Animals Arachnid Vectors Dispatch Humans Ixodidae Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Sequence Analysis, DNA Species Specificity
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(9):1471-1473.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Tennessee
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:42aec04caebd78482b3bd155bfe0ea59c39d6a53d3228fec478ec6fb24f64ab9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17873/cdc_17873_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.26 MB ]