TY - JOUR AU - Wright, Chelsea L. AU - Nadolny, Robyn M. AU - Jiang, Ju AU - Richards, Allen L. AU - Sonenshine, Daniel E. AU - Gaff, Holly D. AU - Hynes, Wayne L. T1 - Rickettsia parkeri in Gulf Coast Ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 896 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report evidence that Amblyomma maculatum tick populations are well established in southeastern Virginia. We found that 43.1% of the adult Gulf Coast ticks collected in the summer of 2010 carried Rickettsia parkeri, suggesting that persons living in or visiting southeastern Virginia are at risk for infection with this pathogen. KW - Rickettsia parkeri KW - Amblyomma maculatum KW - Gulf Coast tick KW - bacteria KW - rickettsia KW - Virginia KW - vector-borne infections KW - dispatch KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1705.101836 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/5/10-1836_article ER - End of Reference