title: Amblyomma imitator ticks as vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, Mexico.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
authors.forename: Karla A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinter
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medina-Sanchez
authors.forename: Venkata D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Boppana
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Wikel
authors.forename: Tais B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shelite
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blanton
authors.forename: Vsevolod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Pete D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Teel
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Marcio A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Galvao
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mafra
authors.forename: Donald H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bouyer
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial