Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Dispatch
Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina
Santiago Nava, Yasmin Elshenawy, Marina E. Eremeeva, John W. Sumner, Mariano Mastropaolo, and Christopher D. Paddock
Table
Prevalence of infection with Rickettsia parkeri in adult Amblyomma triste ticks collected in the lower Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 2007
| Collection site | Month of collection | No. females (no. positive) | No. males (no. positive) | Total no. tested (no. positive) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserva Natural Otamendi | Jan | 20 (0) | 6 (0) | 26 (0) |
| Mar | 5 (0) | 5 (0) | ||
| Jun | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | ||
| Jul | 2 (1) | 3 (0) | 5 (1) | |
| Nov | 10 (0) | 5 (0) | 15 (0) | |
| Dec |
17 (3) |
17 (3) |
||
| Estación Experimental, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología
Agropecuaria, Delta del Paraná |
Aug | 60 (5) | 64 (3) | 124 (8) |
| Nov | 15 (4) | 15 (4) | ||
| Dec |
15 (1) |
15 (1) |
||
| Total | 128 (11) | 95 (6) | 223 (17) |
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