Rickettsiales in Ticks Removed from Outdoor Workers, Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida, USA

Autor: Galina E. Zemtsova, Elizabeth R. Gleim, L. Mike Conner, Michael J. Yabsley, Michael Levin, Pamela Wong, Madeleine A. Pfaff
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 5, Pp 1019-1021 (2019)
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2505.180438
Popis: We determined the prevalence of selected Rickettsiales in 362 ticks removed from outdoor workers in southwest Georgia and northwest Florida, USA. Persons submitted an average of 1.1 ticks/month. We found Ehrlichia chaffeensis in an Amblyomma maculatum tick, and Panola Mountain Ehrlichia sp. in 2 A. maculatum ticks and 1 Dermacentor variabilis tick.
Databáze: OpenAIRE