Detection of pathogenic Ehrlichia in ticks collected at acquisition sites of human ehrlichiosis in Missouri
DeShields, A.; Borman-Shoap, E.; Peters, J.E.; Gaudreault-Keener, M.; Arens, M.Q.; Storch, G.A.
Missouri Medicine 101(2): 132-136
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 15119113 Document Number: 579435
We collected 385 ticks from sites in Missouri associated with human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Using PCR, we detected E. chaffeensis or E. ewingii in 2 of 19 pools of adult Amblyomma americanum, 0 of 32 pools of Dermacentor variabilis, and 6 (18%) of 39 pools of unspeciated nymphal ticks from 3 of 6 sites associated with disease and one site not associated with disease. We also detected a variant of A. phagocytophila in one nymph pool.
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