TY - JOUR AU - Taylor, Andrew AU - Vongphayloth, Khamsing AU - Vongsouvath, Malavanh AU - Grandadam, Marc AU - Brey, Paul AU - Newton, Paul AU - Sutherland, Ian AU - Dittrich, Sabine T1 - Large-Scale Survey for Tickborne Bacteria, Khammouan Province, Laos T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 1635 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We screened 768 tick pools containing 6,962 ticks from Khammouan Province, Laos, by using quantitative real-time PCR and identified Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., and Borrelia spp. Sequencing of Rickettsia spp.–positive and Borrelia spp.–positive pools provided evidence for distinct genotypes. Our results identified bacteria with human disease potential in ticks in Laos. KW - ticks KW - tickborne bacteria KW - Anaplasma KW - Ehrlichia KW - Coxiella KW - Rickettsia KW - Borrelia KW - Southeast Asia KW - Laos KW - bacteria KW - vector-borne infections KW - Amblyomma KW - Haemaphysalis KW - Dermacentor KW - survey DO - 10.3201/eid2209.151969 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/15-1969_article ER - End of Reference