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- Title
Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States.
- Authors
Sumner, John W; Durden, Lance A; Goddard, Jerome; Stromdahl, Ellen Y; Clark, Kerry L; Reeves, Will K; Paddock, Christopher D
- Abstract
Geographic distribution of Rickettsia parkeri in its US tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum, was evaluated by PCR. R. parkeri was detected in ticks from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Carolina, which suggests that A. maculatum may be responsible for additional cases of R. parkeri rickettsiosis throughout much of its US range.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 5, p751
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1305.061468