TY - JOUR
T1 - Spotted-fever group Rickettsia in Dermacentor variabilis, Maryland
AU - Ammerman, Nicole C.
AU - Swanson, Katherine I.
AU - Anderson, Jennifer M.
AU - Schwartz, Timothy R.
AU - Seaberg, Eric C.
AU - Glass, Gregory E.
AU - Norris, Douglas E.
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - Three-hundred ninety-two adult Dermacentor variabilis were collected from six Maryland counties during the spring, summer, and fall of 2002. Infection prevalence for spotted fever group Rickettsia was 3.8%, as determined by polymerase chain reaction. Single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis followed by sequencing indicated that all infections represented a single rickettsial taxon, Rickettsia montanensis.
AB - Three-hundred ninety-two adult Dermacentor variabilis were collected from six Maryland counties during the spring, summer, and fall of 2002. Infection prevalence for spotted fever group Rickettsia was 3.8%, as determined by polymerase chain reaction. Single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis followed by sequencing indicated that all infections represented a single rickettsial taxon, Rickettsia montanensis.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1008.030882
DO - 10.3201/eid1008.030882
M3 - Article
C2 - 15496254
AN - SCOPUS:3542995677
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 10
SP - 1478
EP - 1481
JO - Emerging infectious diseases
JF - Emerging infectious diseases
IS - 8
ER -