Distribution and Occurrence of Amblyomma maculatum sensu lato (Acari: Ixodidae) and Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), Arizona and New Mexico, 2017–2019

• Published in: Journal of medical entomology Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 2030 - 2034
• Main Authors: Hecht, Joy A., Allerdice, Michelle E. J., Karpathy, Sandor E., Yaglom, Hayley D., Casal, Mariana, Lash, R. Ryan, la Mora, Jesus Delgado-de, Licona-Enriquez, Jesus D., la Mora, David Delgado-de, Groschupf, Kathleen, Mertins, James W., Moors, Amanda, Swann, Don E., Paddock, Christopher D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Entomological Society of America 13.11.2020; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Amblyomma - microbiology; Amblyomma - physiology; Amblyomma maculatum; Animal Distribution; Animals; Arizona; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Female; Health risks; Male; New Mexico; Public health; Rickettsia - isolation & purification; Rickettsia parkeri; Rickettsiosis; SHORT COMMUNICATION; tick-borne disease; Ticks; New Mexico; Arizona; United States > US; New Mexico; Arizona; tick-borne disease; Rickettsia parkeri

Amblyomma maculatum Koch sensu lato (s.l.) ticks are the vector of Rickettsia parkeri in Arizona, where nine cases of R. parkeri rickettsiosis have been identified since the initial case in 2014. The current study sought to better define the geographic ranges of the vector and pathogen and to assess...