Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina

Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A. americanum ticks can function, although most likely infrequently, as vectors of Rock...

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Autores principales: Breitschwerdt, Edward B., Hegarty, Barbara C., Maggi, Ricardo G., Lantos, Paul M., Aslett, Denise M., Bradley, Julie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101530

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101530

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