Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2019)

Molecular Confirmation of Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale Ticks, Veracruz, Mexico

  • Sokani Sánchez-Montes,
  • Gerardo G. Ballados-González,
  • Alejandra Hernández-Velasco,
  • Héctor M. Zazueta-Islas,
  • Marlene Solis-Cortés,
  • Haydee Miranda-Ortiz,
  • Julio C. Canseco-Méndez,
  • Edith A. Fernández-Figueroa,
  • Pablo Colunga-Salas,
  • Andrés M. López-Pérez,
  • Jesús Delgado-de la Mora,
  • Jesús D. Licona-Enriquez,
  • David Delgado-de la Mora,
  • Sandor E. Karpathy,
  • Christopher D. Paddock,
  • Claudia Rangel-Escareño

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.190964
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 12
pp. 2315 – 2317

Abstract

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We found Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma ovale ticks collected in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2018. We sequenced gene segments of gltA, htrA, sca0, and sca5; phylogenetic reconstruction revealed near-complete identity with R. parkeri strain Atlantic Rainforest. Enhanced surveillance is needed in Mexico to determine the public health relevance of this bacterium.

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