TY - JOUR
AU - Cohen, Sara B.
AU - Yabsley, Michael J.
AU - Garrison, Laurel E.
AU - Freye, James D.
AU - Dunlap, Brett G.
AU - Dunn, John R.
AU - Mead, Daniel G.
AU - Jones, Timothy F.
AU - Moncayo, Abelardo C.
T1 - Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma americanum Ticks, Tennessee and Georgia, USA
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2009
VL - 15
IS - 9
SP - 1471
SN - 1080-6059
AB - To determine the geographic distribution of the newly recognized human pathogen Rickettsia parkeri, we looked for this organism in ticks from Tennessee and Georgia, USA. Using PCR and sequence analysis, we identified R. parkeri in 2 Amblyomma americanum ticks. This rickettsiosis may be underdiagnosed in the eastern United States.
KW - Rickettsia parkeri
KW - Amblyomma americanum
KW - Amblyomma maculatum
KW - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
KW - Tennessee
KW - Georgia
KW - bacteria
KW - rickettsia
KW - dispatch
DO - 10.3201/eid1509.090330
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/09-0330_article
ER - End of Reference