title: Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum From the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae) From the Caribbean and Africa.
abstract: Panola Mountain Ehrlichia (PME) has been suggested as an emerging pathogen of humans and dogs. Domestic goats and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are also susceptible and likely serve as reservoirs. Experimentally, both the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum (L.)) and the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum Koch) can transmit PME among deer and goats. In the current study, we detected PME in adult wild-caught A. maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (F.) from the Caribbean and Africa. This significantly expands the range, potential tick vectors, and risk for exposure to PME.
authors.affiliation: Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis (adloftis@gmail.com; PKelly@rossvet.edu.kn), adloftis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amanda D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Loftis
authors.affiliation: Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis (adloftis@gmail.com; PKelly@rossvet.edu.kn).
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 (cdp9@cdc.gov; msl3@cdc.gov).
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840 (keith.blount@usafa.edu).
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blount
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, TN 37752 (jason.johnson@LMUnet.edu).
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA (egleim@gmail.com; myabsley@uga.edu).|Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, 589 DW Brooks Drive, Athens Georgia 30602.|Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA, and.
authors.forename: Elizabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Gleim
authors.affiliation: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA (egleim@gmail.com; myabsley@uga.edu).|Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, 589 DW Brooks Drive, Athens Georgia 30602.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yabsley
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 (cdp9@cdc.gov; msl3@cdc.gov).
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.affiliation: The U.S. National Tick Collection, Georgia Southern University, Georgia Avenue - Building 204, P.O. Box 8056, Statesboro, Georgia 30460 (lorenzabeati@georgiasouthern.edu).
authors.forename: Lorenza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beati
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D017691:Caribbean Region; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States
keywords: Africa; Amblyomma; Caribbean; Ehrlichia; tick