High rates of rickettsia parkeri infection in gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and identification of "candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae" from Fairfax County, Virginia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1535-1539

  Fornadel, Christen M ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Smith, Joshua D ^b   Paddock, Christopher D ^c   Arias, Jorge R ^b   Norris, Douglas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Disease Carrying Insects Program   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Rickettsia andeanae; Rickettsia parkeri; Virginia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; RICKETTSIA PARKERI INFECTION; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DEER; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICKS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 83455262335     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0654     Document Type: Article

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