University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 May;16(5):830-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1605.091314.
To determine the cause of spotted fever cases in the southern United States, we screened Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) collected in Arkansas for rickettsiae. Of the screened ticks, 30% had PCR amplicons consistent with Rickettsia parkeri or Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii.
为了确定美国南部斑点热病例的原因,我们对在阿肯色州收集的海湾岸黑 ticks(Amblyomma maculatum)进行了立克次体筛选。在筛选的 ticks 中,有 30% 的 PCR 扩增子与 Rickettsia parkeri 或 Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii 一致。