Rickettsia parkeri in Dermacentor parumapertus Ticks, Mexico

Autor: Sokani Sánchez-Montes, Andrés M. López-Pérez, Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo, Pablo Colunga-Salas, Ingeborg Becker, Jesús Delgado-de la Mora, Jesús D. Licona-Enríquez, David Delgado-de la Mora, Sandor E. Karpathy, Christopher D. Paddock, Gerardo Suzán
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 6, Pp 1108-1111 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2406.180058
Popis: During a study to identify zoonotic pathogens in northwestern Mexico, we detected the presence of a rickettsial agent in Dermacentor parumapertus ticks from black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus). Comparison of 4 gene sequences (gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB) of this agent showed 99%–100% identity with sequences of Rickettsia parkeri.
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