Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA

We report evidence that Amblyomma maculatum tick populations are well established in southeastern Virginia. We found that 43.1% of the adult Gulf Coast ticks collected in the summer of 2010 carried Rickettsia parkeri, suggesting that persons living in or visiting southeastern Virginia are at risk fo...

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Autores principales: Wright, Chelsea L., Nadolny, Robyn M., Jiang, Ju, Richards, Allen L., Sonenshine, Daniel E., Gaff, Holly D., Hynes, Wayne L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529406
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101836
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Sumario:We report evidence that Amblyomma maculatum tick populations are well established in southeastern Virginia. We found that 43.1% of the adult Gulf Coast ticks collected in the summer of 2010 carried Rickettsia parkeri, suggesting that persons living in or visiting southeastern Virginia are at risk for infection with this pathogen.

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