TY - JOUR AU - Breitschwerdt, Edward B. AU - Hegarty, Barbara C. AU - Maggi, Ricardo G. AU - Lantos, Paul M. AU - Aslett, Denise M. AU - Bradley, Julie M. T1 - Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 873 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A. americanum ticks can function, although most likely infrequently, as vectors of Rocky Mountain spotted fever for humans. KW - ticks KW - disease KW - rickettsia KW - rash KW - thrombocytopenia KW - bacteria KW - lone star tick KW - North Carolina KW - vector-borne infections KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1705.101530 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/5/10-1530_article ER - End of Reference