title: Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.
abstract: We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease.
authors.forename: Benedict B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Pagac
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Meagan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mazzei
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D007629:Kentucky; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013714:Tennessee