High prevalence of "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae" and apparent exclusion of rickettsia parkeri in adult Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from Kansas and Oklahoma

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 297-302

  Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Denison, Amy M ^b   Dryden, Michael W ^c   Noden, Bruce H ^d   Lash, R Ryan ^b   Abdelghani, Sarah S ^e   Evans, Anna E ^f   Kelly, Aubree R ^b   Hecht, Joy A ^a   Karpathy, Sandor E ^a   Ganta, Roman R ^c   Little, Susan E ^d  

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

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

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae"; Amblyomma maculatum; Rickettsia parkeri; Rickettsial interference

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDATUS RICKETTSIA ANDEANAE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA PARKERI INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; KANSAS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; KANSAS; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84928204646     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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