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Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina.

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Breitschwerdt, EB; Hegarty, BC; Maggi, RG; Lantos, PM; Aslett, DM; Bradley, JM
Published in: Emerg Infect Dis
May 2011

Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A. americanum ticks can function, although most likely infrequently, as vectors of Rocky Mountain spotted fever for humans.

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Emerg Infect Dis

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EISSN

1080-6059

Publication Date

May 2011

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

873 / 875

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ticks
  • Skin
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Rickettsia rickettsii
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • North Carolina
  • Mitochondria
  • Microbiology
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Breitschwerdt, E. B., Hegarty, B. C., Maggi, R. G., Lantos, P. M., Aslett, D. M., & Bradley, J. M. (2011). Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis, 17(5), 873–875. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101530
Breitschwerdt, Edward B., Barbara C. Hegarty, Ricardo G. Maggi, Paul M. Lantos, Denise M. Aslett, and Julie M. Bradley. “Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina.Emerg Infect Dis 17, no. 5 (May 2011): 873–75. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101530.
Breitschwerdt EB, Hegarty BC, Maggi RG, Lantos PM, Aslett DM, Bradley JM. Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 May;17(5):873–5.
Breitschwerdt, Edward B., et al. “Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina.Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 17, no. 5, May 2011, pp. 873–75. Pubmed, doi:10.3201/eid1705.101530.
Breitschwerdt EB, Hegarty BC, Maggi RG, Lantos PM, Aslett DM, Bradley JM. Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 May;17(5):873–875.

Published In

Emerg Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1080-6059

Publication Date

May 2011

Volume

17

Issue

5

Start / End Page

873 / 875

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ticks
  • Skin
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Rickettsia rickettsii
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • North Carolina
  • Mitochondria
  • Microbiology
  • Male
  • Humans