title: Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast ticks, Arkansas, USA.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. rtrout@uark.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trout
authors.forename: C Dayton
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Steelman
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Szalanski
authors.forename: Phillip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
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