title: Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009-2010.
abstract: We detected Rickettsia parkeri in 20%-33% of Amblyomma maculatum ticks sampled in North Carolina. Results highlight the high frequencies of R. parkeri-infected ticks in the state with the highest annual incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Epidemiologic studies are needed to definitively link R. parkeri to cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA. stokes@cvm.msstate.edu
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Varela-Stokes
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engber
authors.forename: Marcee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toliver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013045:Species Specificity; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial