Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis DNA in Amblyomma americanum ticks in Connecticut and Rhode Island

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作者：

Ijdo, JW

Wu, CY

Magnarelli, LA

Stafford, KC

Anderson, JF

Fikrig, E

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Lab Clin Invest 608,Sect Rheumatol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[2] Connecticut Agr Expt Stn, New Haven, CT 06504 USA

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2000年 / 38卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.38.12.4655-4656.2000

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, is transmitted by Amblyomma americanum ticks, which are most abundant in the southern United States. Because serologic evidence suggests that residents of Connecticut are exposed to E. chaffeensis, A. americanum ticks were collected in Connecticut and Rhode Island for PCR analysis to detect E. Chaffeensis DNA. Eight of 106 (7.6%) A. americanum ticks from Connecticut and 6 of 52 (11.5%) from Rhode Island contained E; chaffeensis DNA Thus, E. chaffeensis is present in ticks in southern New England and transmission of E. chaffeensis mag occur there.

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