Amblyomma imitator ticks as vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, Mexico.
Real-time PCR of Amblyomma imitator tick egg masses obtained in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, identified a Rickettsia species. Sequence analyses of 17-kD common antigen and outer membrane protein A and B gene fragments showed to it to be R. rickettsii, which suggested a potential new vector for this bacterium.
Oliveira
Karla A
KA
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Pinter
Adriano
A
Medina-Sanchez
Aaron
A
Boppana
Venkata D
VD
Wikel
Stephen K
SK
Saito
Tais B
TB
Shelite
Thomas
T
Blanton
Lucas
L
Popov
Vsevolod
V
Teel
Pete D
PD
Walker
David H
DH
Galvao
Marcio A M
MA
Mafra
Claudio
C
Bouyer
Donald H
DH
D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000635:transmission*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial