A Rickettsial Mixed Infection in a Dermacentor Variabilis Tick from Ohio
- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 1078 (1), 334-337
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1374.064
Abstract
We present the first report of superinfection in a Dermacentor variabilis tick from nature. The single tick, collected in Ohio, was found infected with Rickettsia belli, R. nontanensis, and R. rickettsii.Keywords
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