Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast Ticks, Arkansas, USA

Trout, Rebecca; Steelman, C. Dayton; Szalanski, Allen L.; Williamson, Phillip C.

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Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast Ticks, Arkansas, USA

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May 2010
By Trout, Rebecca ; Steelman, C. Dayton ; Szalanski, Allen L. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Trout, Rebecca ; Steelman, C. Dayton ; Szalanski, Allen L. ; Williamson, Phillip C.
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.
Subjects:

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
Volume:

16
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:5f96fafba3eb13b192bcdd2d0c6baf9f79f0e8a600a9d10ea8b91e44c8492b47
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