Rickettsia parkeriinAmblyomma americanumTicks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA
Open Access
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 15 (9), 1471-1473
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090330
Abstract
To determine the geographic distribution of the newly recognized human pathogen Rickettsia parkeri, we looked for this organism in ticks from Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Using PCR and sequence analysis, we identified R. parkeri in 2 Amblyomma americanum ticks. This rickettsiosis may be underdiagnosed in the eastern United States.Keywords
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