Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA

Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA

We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benedict B. Pagac, Melissa K. Miller, Meagan C. Mazzei, David H. Nielsen, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Amblyomma maculatum
Dermacentor variabilis
ticks
Rickettsia parkeri
Rickettsia montanensis
rickettsia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0175_article

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