TY - JOUR AU - Seo, Min-Goo AU - Kwon, Oh-Deog AU - Kwak, Dongmi T1 - High Prevalence of Rickettsia raoultii and Associated Pathogens in Canine Ticks, South Korea T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 10 SP - 2530 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We studied the prevalence of tickborne pathogens in canine ticks, South Korea, during 2010–2015. Results revealed a high prevalence of the emerging pathogen Rickettsia raoultii. Dog ticks may be maintenance hosts for tickborne pathogens, suggesting the need to continually evaluate the potential public health threat posed by R. raoultii–infected ticks. KW - ticks KW - phylogeny KW - Ehrlichia KW - Rickettsia KW - Theileria KW - vector-borne infections KW - dogs KW - bacteria KW - South Korea DO - 10.3201/eid2610.191649 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/19-1649_article ER - End of Reference