Panola mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (acari: Ixodidae) from the Caribbean and Africa

Amanda D. Loftis; Patrick J. Kelly; Christopher D. Paddock; Keith Blount; Jason W. Johnson; Elizabeth R. Gleim; Michael J. Yabsley; Michael L. Levin; Lorenza Beati

doi:10.1093/jme/tjv240

Panola mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (acari: Ixodidae) from the Caribbean and Africa

Amanda D. Loftis, Patrick J. Kelly, Christopher D. Paddock, Keith Blount, Jason W. Johnson, Elizabeth R. Gleim, Michael J. Yabsley, Michael L. Levin, Lorenza Beati

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Panola Mountain Ehrlichia (PME) has been suggested as an emerging pathogen of humans and dogs. Domestic goats and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are also susceptible and likely serve as reservoirs. Experimentally, both the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum (L.)) and the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum Koch) can transmit PME among deer and goats. In the current study, we detected PME in adult wildcaught A. maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (F.) from the Caribbean and Africa. This significantly expands the range, potential tick vectors, and risk for exposure to PME.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	696-698
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Medical Entomology
Volume	53
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv240
State	Published - May 2016

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Africa
Amblyomma
Caribbean
Ehrlichia
Tick

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Panola mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum (acari: Ixodidae) from the Caribbean and Africa

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