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Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2011) 17(12) 2350-2353
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110789
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Abstract

We detected Rickettsia parkeri in 20%-33% of Amblyomma maculatum ticks sampled in North Carolina. Results highlight the high frequencies of R. parkeri-infected ticks in the state with the highest annual incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Epidemiologic studies are needed to definitively link R. parkeri to cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis.

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Varela-Stokes, A. S., Paddock, C. D., Engber, B., & Toliver, M. (2011). Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(12), 2350–2353. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110789

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