TY - JOUR AU - Pagac, Benedict AU - Miller, Melissa AU - Mazzei, Meagan AU - Nielsen, David AU - Jiang, Ju AU - Richards, Allen T1 - Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 10 SP - 1750 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease. KW - Amblyomma maculatum KW - Dermacentor variabilis KW - ticks KW - Rickettsia parkeri KW - Rickettsia montanensis KW - rickettsia KW - Kentucky KW - Tennessee KW - bacteria KW - military training sites KW - USA DO - 10.3201/eid2010.140175 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0175_article ER - End of Reference