Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast Ticks, Arkansas, USA

Autor: Rebecca Trout, C. Dayton Steelman, Allen L. Szalanski, Phillip C. Williamson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 5, Pp 830-832 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.091314
Popis: To determine the cause of spotted fever cases in the southern United States, we screened Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) collected in Arkansas for rickettsiae. Of the screened ticks, 30% had PCR amplicons consistent with Rickettsia parkeri or Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii.
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