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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Trout, Rebecca ; Steelman, C. Dayton ; Szalanski, Allen L. ; Williamson, Phillip C.
Trout, Rebecca ; Steelman, C. Dayton ; Szalanski, Allen L. ; Williamson, Phillip C. Less -
Description:
To determine the cause of spotted fever cases in the southern United States, we screened Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) collected in Arkansas for rickettsiae. Of the screened ticks, 30% had PCR amplicons consistent with Rickettsia parkeri or Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii.
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Amblyomma Maculatum Animals Deer Disease Vectors Dispatch DNA Dogs Environmental Monitoring Epidemiological Monitoring Female Gulf Coast Humans Ixodidae Male Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Rickettsia Amblyommii Rickettsiae Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsieae Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Sequence Analysis, DNA Ticks Vector-borne Infections
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 16(5):830-832.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Arkansas
Location:
North America
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:5f96fafba3eb13b192bcdd2d0c6baf9f79f0e8a600a9d10ea8b91e44c8492b47
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18078/cdc_18078_DS1.pdf
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