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. 2014 Oct;20(10):1750-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid2010.140175.

Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA

Benedict B Pagac, Melissa K Miller, Meagan C Mazzei, David H Nielsen, Ju Jiang, Allen L Richards

Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA

Benedict B Pagac et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, respectively. These findings warrant regional increased public health awareness for rickettsial pathogens and disease.

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