Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.

ABSTRACT: We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease.

SUBMITTER: Pagac BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4193168 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature