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
Předmět:
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
Popis
Abstrakt: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.
ISSN:10806059
10806040
DOI:10.3201/eid2505.180438