Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis,Kentucky and Tennessee,USA |
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| Authors: | Benedict B Pagac Melissa K Miller Meagan C Mazzei David H Nielsen Ju Jiang Allen L Richards |
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| Institution: | US Army Public Health Command Region North, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, USA (B.B. Pagac, M.K. Miller, M.C. Mazzei, D.H. Nielsen); ;Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (J. Jiang, A.L. Richards) |
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| 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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| Keywords: | Amblyomma maculatum Dermacentor variabilis ticks Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsia montanensis rickettsia bacteria military training sites Kentucky Tennessee |
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