Detection and Isolation of Rickettsia tillamookensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) From Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) From Multiple Regions of California
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac038
Abstract: Abstract The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) is the most frequently identified human-biting tick species in the western United States and the principal vector of at least three recognized bacterial pathogens of humans. A potentially… read more here.
Keywords: rickettsia tillamookensis; ixodes pacificus; isolation rickettsia; tillamookensis ... See more keywords
Characterization of a novel transitional group Rickettsia species (Rickettsia tillamookensis sp. nov.) from the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus.
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DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004880
Abstract: A previously unrecognized Rickettsia species was isolated in 1976 from a pool of Ixodes pacificus ticks collected in 1967 from Tillamook County, Oregon, USA. The isolate produced low fever and mild scrotal oedema following intraperitoneal… read more here.
Keywords: rickettsia species; rickettsia; group rickettsia; ixodes pacificus ... See more keywords
Ecology of Ixodes pacificus Ticks and Associated Pathogens in the Western United States
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010089
Abstract: Lyme disease is the most important vector-borne disease in the United States and is increasing in incidence and geographic range. In the Pacific west, the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley and Kohls, 1943 is… read more here.
Keywords: ixodes pacificus; ticks associated; united states; ecology ixodes ... See more keywords