title: Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States.
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.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.forename: Lance A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Durden
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: Ellen Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Stromdahl
authors.forename: Kerry L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Will K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004199:Disease Vectors; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology