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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Autores principales: Pagac, Benedict B., Miller, Melissa K., Mazzei, Meagan C., Nielsen, David H., Jiang, Ju, Richards, Allen L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25271771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140175
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author Pagac, Benedict B.
Miller, Melissa K.
Mazzei, Meagan C.
Nielsen, David H.
Jiang, Ju
Richards, Allen L.
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description 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 warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease.
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spelling pubmed-41931682014-10-14 Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA Pagac, Benedict B. Miller, Melissa K. Mazzei, Meagan C. Nielsen, David H. Jiang, Ju Richards, Allen L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4193168/ /pubmed/25271771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140175 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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Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
title Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
title_full Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
title_fullStr Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
title_short Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
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