Borrelia lonestari DNA in adult Amblyomma americanum ticks, Alabama

Authors
Burkot, TR Mullen, GR Anderson, R Schneider, BS Happ, CM Zeidner, NS
Citation
Tr. Burkot et al., Borrelia lonestari DNA in adult Amblyomma americanum ticks, Alabama, EM INFECT D, 7(3), 2001, pp. 471-473
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
471 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200105/06)7:3<471:BLDIAA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction analysis of 204 Amblyomma americanum and 28 A. ma culatum ticks collected in August 1999 near the homes of patients with sout hern tick-associated rash illness and in control areas in Choctaw County, A labama, showed Borrelia lonestari flagellin gene sequence from two adult A. americanum. The presence of B. lonestari in A. americanum ticks from Alaba ma suggests that this suspected pathogen may be widespread in the southeast ern United States.