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- Title
Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.
- Authors
Pagac, Benedict B.; Miller, Melissa K.; Mazzei, Meagan C.; Nielsen, David H.; Jiang, Ju; Richards, Allen L.
- Abstract
We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease.
- Subjects
RICKETTSIAL diseases; RICKETTSIAS; TICKS as carriers of disease; AMBLYOMMA; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 10, p1750
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2010.140175