Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Rickettsiales in Ticks Removed from Outdoor Workers, Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida, USA

  • Elizabeth R. Gleim,
  • L. Mike Conner,
  • Galina E. Zemtsova,
  • Michael L. Levin,
  • Pamela Wong,
  • Madeleine A. Pfaff,
  • Michael J. Yabsley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180438
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 1019 – 1021

Abstract

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We determined the prevalence of selected Rickettsiales in 362 ticks removed from outdoor workers in southwest Georgia and northwest Florida, USA. Persons submitted an average of 1.1 ticks/month. We found Ehrlichia chaffeensis in an Amblyomma maculatum tick, and Panola Mountain Ehrlichia sp. in 2 A. maculatum ticks and 1 Dermacentor variabilis tick.

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