Rickettsia parkeri Transmission to Amblyomma americanum by Cofeeding with Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) and Potential for Spillover
| Autor: | Daniel E. Sonenshine, Wayne L. Hynes, Holly Gaff, Chelsea L. Wright |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Nymph Ixodidae Guinea Pigs Zoology Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Amblyomma americanum Species Specificity medicine Animals Acari Amblyomma maculatum Rickettsia General Veterinary biology Virginia Rickettsia Infections Feeding Behavior biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Spotted fever Infectious Diseases Rickettsiosis Insect Science Larva Parasitology Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medical entomology. 52(5) |
| ISSN: | 0022-2585 |
| Popis: | Amblyomma americanum (L.) is a human-biting ixodid tick distributed throughout much of the southeastern United States. Rickettsia parkeri is a member of the spotted fever group rickettsiae and causes a febrile illness in humans commonly referred to as "Tidewater spotted fever" or "R. parkeri rickettsiosis." Although the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch, is the primary vector of R. parkeri, a small proportion of A. americanum have also been shown to harbor R. parkeri. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether R. parkeri is spilling over into A. americanum in eastern Virginia and also to determine through laboratory experiments, whether A. americanum can acquire R. parkeri by cofeeding alongside infected ticks. Of 317 wild-caught, flat adult A. americanum tested from 29 counties and independent cities in coastal Virginia, a single female A. americanum was positive for R. parkeri, suggesting that R. parkeri is spilling over into this species, but at very low rates ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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