Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina

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作者：
Breitschwerdt, Edward B. [1 ]
Hegarty, Barbara C.
Maggi, Ricardo G.
Lantos, Paul M. [2 ]
Aslett, Denise M.
Bradley, Julie M.
机构：
[1] N Carolina State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Clin Sci, Ctr Comparat Med & Translat Res, Raleigh, NC 27606 USA
[2] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA
来源：
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2011年 / 17卷 / 05期
关键词：
MOUNTAIN-SPOTTED-FEVER; AMBLYOMMA-AMERICANUM; UNITED-STATES; ARIZONA;
D O I：
10.3201/eid1705.101530
中图分类号：
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号：
100102 ;
摘要：
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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