Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2010)

Amblyomma imitator Ticks as Vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, Mexico

  • Karla A. Oliveira,
  • Adriano Pinter,
  • Aaron Medina-Sanchez,
  • Venkata D. Boppana,
  • Stephen K. Wikel,
  • Tais B. Saito,
  • Thomas Shelite,
  • Lucas S. Blanton,
  • Vsevolod Popov,
  • Pete D. Teel,
  • David H. Walker,
  • Marcio A.M. Galvao,
  • Claudio Mafra,
  • Donald H. Bouyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1608.100231
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 8
pp. 1282 – 1284

Abstract

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Real-time PCR of Amblyomma imitator tick egg masses obtained in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, identified a Rickettsia species. Sequence analyses of 17-kD common antigen and outer membrane protein A and B gene fragments showed to it to be R. rickettsii, which suggested a potential new vector for this bacterium.

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