Tick-borne diseases in North Carolina: Is "Rickettsia amblyommii" a possible cause of rickettsiosis reported as rocky mountain spotted fever?

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 597-606

  Apperson, Charles S ^a   Engber, Barry ^b   Nicholson, William L ^c   Mead, Daniel G ^d   Engel, Jeffrey ^e   Yabsley, Michael J ^d   Dail, Kathy ^e   Johnson, Joey ^e   Watson, D Wesley ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pub Health Pest Management Section   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

"Rickettsia amblyommii"; Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Lone star tick; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Spotted fever group rickettsiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOMMA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DEER; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RICKETTSIA AMBLYOMMII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 53349148838     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0271     Document Type: Article

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