Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Borrelia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia spp. in Ticks Removed from Persons, Texas, USA
Phillip C. Williamson
, Peggy M. Billingsley, Glenna J. Teltow, Janel P. Seals, Meredith A. Turnbough, and Samuel F. Atkinson
, Peggy M. Billingsley, Glenna J. Teltow, Janel P. Seals, Meredith A. Turnbough, and Samuel F. Atkinson
Table 3
No. ticks containing bacterial DNA sequences, Texas, October 1, 2004, to September 30, 2008*
| Tick species | Bacterial agent |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrelia spp. | B. burgdorferi | Candidatus Borrelia lonestari | Ehrlichia chaffeensis | Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii | Candidatus Rickettsia cooleyi | Rickettsia parkeri | R. peacockii | R. rhipicephali | |
| Amblyomma americanum | 4 | 2 | 77 | 2 | |||||
| A. cajennense | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| A. maculatum | 1 | ||||||||
| Dermacentor variabilis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Ixodes scapularis | 1 | 35 | 1 | ||||||
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus |
1 |
1 |
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
*Ticks submitted to the Texas Department of State Health Services and identified by the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Tick-Borne Disease Research Laboratory. Only those tick species that showed evidence of containing Borrelia, Ehrlichia, or Rickettsia spp. are shown.
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