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
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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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author Wright, Chelsea L.
Nadolny, Robyn M.
Jiang, Ju
Richards, Allen L.
Sonenshine, Daniel E.
Gaff, Holly D.
Hynes, Wayne L.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33217922012-04-27 Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA Wright, Chelsea L. Nadolny, Robyn M. Jiang, Ju Richards, Allen L. Sonenshine, Daniel E. Gaff, Holly D. Hynes, Wayne L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3321792/ /pubmed/21529406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101836 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Wright, Chelsea L.
Nadolny, Robyn M.
Jiang, Ju
Richards, Allen L.
Sonenshine, Daniel E.
Gaff, Holly D.
Hynes, Wayne L.
Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title_full Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title_fullStr Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title_short Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA
title_sort rickettsia parkeri in gulf coast ticks, southeastern virginia, usa
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321792/
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