Detection of rickettsia parkeri and candidatus rickettsia andeanae in amblyomma maculatum gulf coast ticks collected from humans in the United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Jiang, Ju ^a   Stromdahl, Ellen Y ^b   Richards, Allen L ^a,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Public Health Command   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae; Gulf Coast Tick; Quantitative real time PCR Assays; Rickettsia parkeri; Spotted Fever Rickettsioses

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; TIDEWATER SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; PERU; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

EID: 84855680398     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0614     Document Type: Article

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