Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Tick of the Amblyomma maculatum Group, Mexico

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Delgado-de la Mora, Jesús ; Sánchez-Montes, Sokani ; Licona-Enríquez, Jesús D. ; Delgado-de la Mora, David ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Beati, Lorenza ; Colunga-Salas, Pablo ; Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen ; Zambrano, Maria L. ; Karpathy, Sandor E. ; López-Pérez, Andrés M. ; Álvarez-Hernández, Gerardo
• Description:
  We report Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group collected from dogs in Sonora, Mexico. Molecular characterization of these bacteria was accomplished by DNA amplification and sequence analysis of portions of the rickettsial genes gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae Mexico Research Letter Rickettsia Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsia Parkeri And Candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae In Amblyomma Maculatum Ticks, Mexico Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Ticks Vector-borne Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(4):836-838
• Pubmed ID:
  30882330
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6433039
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1183ab1652759296679b99c5f560f15d2667c004770e727b11c187c8c0b6dd3f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/77154/cdc_77154_DS1.pdf
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