Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2018)

Rickettsia parkeri in Dermacentor parumapertus Ticks, Mexico

  • Sokani Sánchez-Montes,
  • Andrés M. López-Pérez,
  • Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo,
  • Pablo Colunga-Salas,
  • Ingeborg Becker,
  • Jesús Delgado-de la Mora,
  • Jesús D. Licona-Enríquez,
  • David Delgado-de la Mora,
  • Sandor E. Karpathy,
  • Christopher D. Paddock,
  • Gerardo Suzán

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2406.180058
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 6
pp. 1108 – 1111

Abstract

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During a study to identify zoonotic pathogens in northwestern Mexico, we detected the presence of a rickettsial agent in Dermacentor parumapertus ticks from black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus). Comparison of 4 gene sequences (gltA, htrA, ompA, and ompB) of this agent showed 99%–100% identity with sequences of Rickettsia parkeri.

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