title: Rickettsia parkeri in gulf coast ticks, southeastern Virginia, USA.
abstract: We report evidence that Amblyomma maculatum tick populations are well established in southeastern Virginia. We found that 43.1% of the adult Gulf Coast ticks collected in the summer of 2010 carried Rickettsia parkeri, suggesting that persons living in or visiting southeastern Virginia are at risk for infection with this pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA.
authors.forename: Chelsea L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Robyn M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nadolny
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Sonenshine
authors.forename: Holly D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Gaff
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hynes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*; D014768:Virginia