title: Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina.
abstract: Clinical reports of an eschar-associated rickettsiosis in the Paraná River Delta of Argentina prompted an evaluation of Amblyomma triste ticks in this region. When evaluated by PCR, 17 (7.6%) of 223 questing adult A. triste ticks, collected from 2 sites in the lower Paraná River Delta, contained DNA of Rickettsia parkeri.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Elshenawy
authors.forename: Marina E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Eremeeva
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mastropaolo
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial