Highly prevalent Coxiella sp. bacterium in the tick vector Amblyomma americanum.

ABSTRACT: Laboratory-reared and field-collected Amblyomma americanum ticks were hosts of a Coxiella sp. and a Rickettsia sp. While the Coxiella sp. was detected in 50 of 50 field-collected ticks, the Rickettsia sp. was absent from 32% of ticks. The Coxiella sp. showed evidence of a reduced genome and may be an obligate endosymbiont.

SUBMITTER: Jasinskas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1797106 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature