Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Dermacentor Variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Raccoons (Carnivora: Procyonidae) and Opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphidae) in Tennessee

Overview

Journal J Med Entomol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biology

Date 2001 Jul 31

PMID 11476343

Citations 9

Authors

T M Kollars Jr

A Kengluecha

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Abstract

Spotted fever group Rickettsia were present in 13 of 1,171 (1.1%) of adult Dermacentor variabilis Say removed from raccoons (Procyon lotor L.) and Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana Kerr) in western Tennessee. Spotted fever group Rickettsia were detected by amplification of a 617-bp segment of the citrate synthase gene by polymerase chain reaction.

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