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. 2007 May;13(5):751-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1305.061468.

Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States

John W Sumner  1 , Lance A Durden, Jerome Goddard, Ellen Y Stromdahl, Kerry L Clark, Will K Reeves, Christopher D Paddock
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Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States

John W Sumner et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 May.

Abstract

Geographic distribution of Rickettsia parkeri in its US tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum, was evaluated by PCR. R. parkeri was detected in ticks from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Carolina, which suggests that A. maculatum may be responsible for additional cases of R. parkeri rickettsiosis throughout much of its US range.

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Adult Amblyomma maculatum (the Gulf Coast tick). A) Female; B) Male. Photographs courtesy of James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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