Borrelia lonestari DNA in adult Amblyomma americanum ticks, Alabama

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作者：

Burkot, TR

Mullen, GR

Anderson, R

Schneider, BS

Happ, CM

Zeidner, NS

机构：

[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Vector Borno Infect Dis, Ft Collins, CO 80522 USA

[2] Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849 USA

来源：

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2001年 / 7卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.3201/eid0703.017323

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Polymerase chain reaction analysis of 204 Amblyomma americanum and 28 A. maculatum ticks collected in August 1999 near the homes of patients with southern tick-associated rash illness and in control areas in Choctaw County, Alabama, showed Borrelia lonestari flagellin gene sequence from two adult A. americanum. The presence of B. lonestari in A. americanum ticks from Alabama suggests that this suspected pathogen may be widespread in the southeastern United States.

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