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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

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

Pagac Benedict B BB Miller Melissa K MK Mazzei Meagan C MC Nielsen David H DH Jiang Ju J Richards Allen L AL

Emerging infectious diseases 20141001 10

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. ...[more]

PMID: 25271771

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