Amblyomma imitatorTicks as Vectors ofRickettsia rickettsii, Mexico | Zendy

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Amblyomma imitatorTicks as Vectors ofRickettsia rickettsii, Mexico

Author(s) -

Karla Andrade de Oliveira,

Adriano Pintér,

Aarón Medina-Sánchez,

V.D. BOPPANA,

Stephen K. Wikel,

Taís B. Saito,

Thomas R. Shelite,

Lucas S. Blanton,

Vsevolod L. Popov,

Pete D. Teel,

David H. Walker,

Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão,

Cláudio Mafra,

Donald H. Bouyer

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

emerging infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1080-6059

pISSN - 1080-6040

DOI - 10.3201/eid1608.100231

Subject(s) - rickettsia rickettsii , rocky mountain spotted fever , virology , amblyomma , biology , tick borne disease , zoology , rickettsia , tick , ixodidae , spotted fever , virus

Real-time PCR of Amblyomma imitator tick egg masses obtained in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, identified a Rickettsia species. Sequence analyses of 17-kD common antigen and outer membrane protein A and B gene fragments showed to it to be R. rickettsii, which suggested a potential new vector for this bacterium.

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