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Gulf Coast Ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States

Geographic distribution of Rickettsia parkeri in its US tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum, was evaluated by PCR. R. parkeri was detected in ticks from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Carolina, which suggests that A. maculatum may be responsible for additional cases of R....

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Autores principales: Sumner, John W., Durden, Lance A., Goddard, Jerome, Stromdahl, Ellen Y., Clark, Kerry L., Reeves, Will K., Paddock, Christopher D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061468