Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast ticks, Arkansas, USA.
To determine the cause of spotted fever cases in the southern United States, we screened Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) collected in Arkansas for rickettsiae. Of the screened ticks, 30% had PCR amplicons consistent with Rickettsia parkeri or Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii.
Trout
Rebecca
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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. rtrout@uark.edu
Steelman
C Dayton
CD
Szalanski
Allen L
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Williamson
Phillip C
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D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D003670:Deer; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004285:Dogs; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016996:Rickettsieae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
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