TY - JOUR
T1 - Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina
AU - Nava, Santiago
AU - Elshenawy, Yasmin
AU - Eremeeva, Marina E.
AU - Sumner, John W.
AU - Mastropaolo, Mariano
AU - Paddock, Christopher D.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Clinical reports of an eschar-associated rickettsiosis in the Paraná River Delta of Argentina prompted an evaluation of Amblyomma triste ticks in this region. When evaluated by PCR, 17 (7.6%) of 223 questing adult A. triste ticks, collected from 2 sites in the lower Paraná River Delta, contained DNA of Rickettsia parkeri.
AB - Clinical reports of an eschar-associated rickettsiosis in the Paraná River Delta of Argentina prompted an evaluation of Amblyomma triste ticks in this region. When evaluated by PCR, 17 (7.6%) of 223 questing adult A. triste ticks, collected from 2 sites in the lower Paraná River Delta, contained DNA of Rickettsia parkeri.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57049158736&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1412.080860
DO - 10.3201/eid1412.080860
M3 - Article
C2 - 19046514
AN - SCOPUS:57049158736
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 1894
EP - 1897
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 12
ER -
