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

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES（2019）

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Abstract

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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Ehrlichia,Florida,Georgia,Rickettsia,Rickettsiales,United States,outdoor workers,tick bites,tickborne infections,ticks,vectorborne infections,zoonoses

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