High rates of rickettsia parkeri infection in gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and identification of "candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae" from Fairfax County, Virginia

Christen M. Fornadel; Xing Zhang; Joshua D. Smith; Christopher D. Paddock; Jorge R. Arias; Douglas E. Norris

doi:10.1089/vbz.2011.0654

High rates of rickettsia parkeri infection in gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and identification of "candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae" from Fairfax County, Virginia

Christen M. Fornadel, Xing Zhang, Joshua D. Smith, Christopher D. Paddock, Jorge R. Arias, Douglas E. Norris

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, is a vector of Rickettsia parkeri, a recently identified human pathogen that causes a disease with clinical symptoms that resemble a mild form of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Because the prevalence of R. parkeri infection in geographically distinct populations of A. maculatum is not fully understood, A. maculatum specimens collected as part of a tick and pathogen surveillance system in Fairfax County, Virginia, were screened to determine pathogen infection rates. Overall, R. parkeri was found in 41.4% of the A. maculatum that were screened. Additionally, the novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp., tentatively named "Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae," was observed for the first time in Virginia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1535-1539
Number of pages	5
Journal	Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2011.0654
State	Published - Dec 1 2011

Keywords

Amblyomma maculatum
Rickettsia andeanae
Rickettsia parkeri
Virginia

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Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Virology

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High rates of rickettsia parkeri infection in gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and identification of "candidatus Rickettsia Andeanae" from Fairfax County, Virginia. / Fornadel, Christen M.; Zhang, Xing; Smith, Joshua D. et al.
In: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Vol. 11, No. 12, 01.12.2011, p. 1535-1539.

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